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One more thing on Packers' to-do list: Find Jordan Love's backup

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It doesn’t matter where the Green Bay Packers find their next backup quarterback; Matt Flynn proved that. But find one they must before Jordan Love starts the regular-season opener some five months from now.

As if Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst doesn’t have enough on his to-do list between now and then.

Fifteen years ago, Gutekunst’s predecessor, Ted Thompson, was charged with the same task when the team transitioned from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers. Packers fans remember that Thompson, known for his preference to build through the draft, used two picks in the 2008 draft on quarterbacks: a second-round selection (No.