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Packers new quarterback reacts to trade: 'Definitely caught me by surprise'

The Green Bay Packers just signed Jordan Love to a lucrative extension, so one wouldn't immediately assume they would be in the market to trade for a quarterback.

However, that's exactly what the Packers did last week.

Sensing that their options behind Love were unprepared to take over in case of emergency, the Packers traded for former Tennessee Titans third-round pick Malik Willis, sending a 2025 seventh-rounder to Tennessee.

Willis was regarded as a potential first-round pick in the 2022 National Football League Draft before ultimately falling to Day 2. Now, just two years later, he's already with a new team.