GREEN BAY, Wis. – Was there anyone who thought after Aaron Rodgers’ rookie season that the Green Bay Packers had an all-time great waiting to take over at quarterback for Brett Favre?
In a word, no. Even two years later, after subtly pushing Favre into retirement, the Packers still were unsure enough to spend a second-round draft pick in 2008 on Brian Brohm as insurance in case Rodgers didn’t pan out.
So while general manager Brian Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur surely learned a few things about Jordan Love last season, in truth they still don’t have much of a clue on what they have in their 2020 first-round pick – especially after a rookie year in which COVID-19 wiped out the preseason schedule.