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The Green Bay Packers offered quarterback Jordan Love a potentially market-setting contract extension.
During a recent interview with ESPN Milwaukee, Schefter was asked about Love’s inevitable extension. While the Packers can now give Love an extension at any time, Schefter made it clear that he doesn’t believe a deal will get done any time soon.
“It’ll be up to Russ Ball to see if he can get this deal done. I don’t think they’re anything close to getting it done right now,” Schefter said “Those are conversations that will occur here in the days and weeks to come. I still think the most likely course of action is that the two sides will figure out a way to get a deal done.”
That’s not the kind of update Packers fans are hoping for. However, based on Schefter’s comments, the hope is still that the two sides will figure out a deal at some point in the future.
The Quarterback Market Keeps Exploding
While the Packers and Love wait to discuss a new deal, quarterbacks are about to start getting paid.
The Detroit Lions reset the quarterback market after the draft. They gave Jared Goff a four-year, $212 million extension, which makes him the second highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. Joe Burrow is the only quarterback making more money.
While Goff has been respectable in the NFL, he hasn’t been the second-best quarterback in football. His contract will result in other quarterbacks like Dak Prescott and Tua Tagovailoa expecting massive paydays on contract extensions of their own.
