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No quarterback in NFL history has done less to earn the most lucrative contract ever. As July drew to an end, Jordan Love made history by earning the highest season pay in the NFL.
He will make almost $55 million every season in the future, which ties him with Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence.
Burrow at least established his worth by leading the Bengals to the Super Bowl and being one of the most dependable passers in the league.
Lawrence hasn’t proven it, but he does have a few seasons of accomplishment under his belt. He may not be an exceptional quarterback right now, but the Jacksonville Jaguars star is at least consistently good enough.
Love has only had, truly, eight good games in his entire career. All of which happened last season. So for the Packers to give a one-year-wonder like Jordan this massive of a contract, without any real success to his name, is a bold move. One that will likely hurt all future quarterback contracts in the future.
That is unless the quarterback is a no doubt about it prospect. Love never has been that, C.J. Stroud, on the other hand, was not only a can’t-miss-prospect, but he played like an MVP candidate as a rookie. Love looked awful, so awful that a lot of Packers’ faithful were ready to give up on him mid-season.
I don’t remember anyone who was out on Stroud at any point with any sincerity. The Texans are now sitting pretty with one of the best young quarterbacks in the league and if guys like Lawrence and Love are making this type of money, Stroud will surely make more than both.
Especially since he’s already a better quarterback than Love. I wouldn’t place much faith in the Packers’ lone caller, and his deal is sure to come back to bite them in the rear. A predicament that the Houston Texans are unlikely to face with Stroud. I’ll never understand how Love was able to make more money than Tua Tagovailoa.
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