Packers, Jordan Love Not 'Anywhere Close' to New Deal, per Report

The Green Bay Packers are the envy of the NFL for one reason and one reason only: they make scouting the most important position in North American sports look easy.

Three decades after hitting on Atlanta Falcons cast-off Brett Favre and two after scooping up draft-day faller Aaron Rodgers, the Packers appear to have done it again with quarterback Jordan Love. The Utah State product threw 32 touchdown passes against 11 interceptions last season, leading Green Bay to its fourth playoff apperance in five seasons.

The question is whether the Packers can keep Love around for the long haul. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Green Bay can't answer that one just yet.

"It'll be up to (executive vice president and director of football operations) Russ Ball to see if he can get this deal done," Schefter told WKTI-FM in Milwaukee Wednesday morning, alluding to a potential Love extension. "I don't think that they're anywhere close to getting it done right now. Those are conversations that will occur here in the days and weeks to come."

Schefty doesn’t think the #Packers and Jordan Love are close to getting an extension done yet…

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Love is set to play on a one-year extension to his rookie deal in 2024, and can theoretically hit free agency after this season.