GREEN BAY, Wis. -- At some point during his first season as the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback, Jordan Love began to convince many that he had what it took to become the team's long-term replacement for Aaron Rodgers.
It may have come at different moments for different people.
Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst -- with the hindsight of Love's 32-touchdown, 4,159-yard, playoff-qualifying season -- went further back for his epiphanic moment.
"Sometime in 2019," Gutekunst said after the season.
The GM, who traded up to take Love in the first round of the 2020 draft, quickly admitted he was at least half kidding.