Jordan Love Becomes the Highest Paid QB in NFL History

[@Candy-ji1vt]

Not gonna cap that’s too much damn money for half a season. I believe in Love but the highest paid Qb is crazy af

[@Aburner960]

Eh qb market/ packers cap situation is still good tmk If tua is making 4/212. Love is worth 4/220

[@CloakUnknown]

Yes, but this is also a guy they've pretty much set him up as a successor to Rodgers from the moment he was draft the same way they transitioned from Farve to Rodgers. I don't believe the Packers would want any other QB to lead the way that hasn't had the experience with the team for awhile.

[@TomGrossiComedy]

They extended Aaron Rodgers for 5 years & paid him $65M after seeing a handful of games during the 2008 season. It's a gamble, but one the Packers have taken before. It's also in line with T-Law and only $2M per year than Jared Goff, who is 4 years older than Love.

[@susanrodriquez3757]

I think quarterbacks today are kind of holding franchises hostage because quarterback is such an important position. That means if you even think a quarterback is halfway good he’s going to get paid very exorbitantly. The problem with this is you have difficulty paying other football players where both the franchise and all the non quarterback players get the shaft. The franchise can’t afford to pay all their star players or even above average players due to the salary cap and the players have to accept less money or leave. I think there should be a special salary cap on quarterbacks. This way the money gets distributed a little more equally where quarterbacks aren’t taking up the salary of nearly half the starting team. The players who aren’t quarterbacks get more money and franchises don’t have to sell their soul or destroy their franchise for years to come on a quarterback who might be good. It’s seriously getting crazy and I can’t help but think other players who get paid way less might be getting bitter about it especially when they can’t get paid.

[@maxmayer6838]

You don’t get a choice anymore. I’m a lions fan and people thought Goff’s deal was too high. He’s already fallen 4 spots on highest paid before the season starts. You just make them the highest when it’s their time and eventually it will be cost effective

[@drumlord8772]

The problem isn't the sample size or if the Packers should or shouldn't be investing in Jordan. The problem is that agents and (some) players have inflated the market so high.

[@Dutchofclass]

Truth

[@kurtwicklund8901]

I am so tired of fans blaming players for trying to get a piece of the $10 billion pie the billionaire owners feed on for forty years. Layers are not holding your city hostage for billion dollar stadium bailouts. Well you probably are eager to buy another $250 NFL Official team jersey. Toodles.

[@davidc2838]

@@kurtwicklund8901 Stop it. The QB's ARE in FACT hurting payouts for BETTER Players who are worth more collectively to the teams. As a result, we often get WORSE play / performance from those teams. Nobody is remotely thinking that many of these QBs DESERVE that amount...relative to the other players. Two or three are truly elite. The rest...Nah, we'd ALL Rather see better Receivers or Running Backs or Guards or Linebackers or whatever we're lacking BECAUSE of QB's taking up sooooo much of the Cap, with even being meh.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Good for Jordan Love. Bad for NFL fans, who are going to miss their favorite game on free TV sooner than they think.

[@FunnyAndOriginalUsername]

Since when has TV been free?

[@LimpyLegolas]

@@FunnyAndOriginalUsernamesince the invention of the antenna

[@insertnamehere9950]

@@LimpyLegolasantennas are free?

[@02SplinterCell02]

@@LimpyLegolasif it is free, you are the product

[@wblake22]

@@insertnamehere9950you need to pay for a tv and a antenna to watch free tv bud

[@Janny890]

All these deals make me think they’re going to raise the cap like hell over the next few seasons.

[@jschang29]

The cap raises depending on the whole NFL revenue. I'm not sure about you but I'm fine with the players getting paid their percentage. They are the players that make the product they deserve the money. You think that they should give you the money?

[@Tkachuk753]

@@jschang29 No, but its also what causes the price of the games, Concessions and additional merchandise prices go up making it ever so much more difficult for the average income fan to enjoy going to games

[@HawgWyldFishing]

Supposed to be going up by about $30M just for next season

[@HawgWyldFishing]

@@Tkachuk753no, the team sets those prices. Media rights deals pay the players salaries. Ticket and merchandising prices are paying for the building those games get played in. The more you know.

[@andrewkelly1337]

If they do the Greedy QB salary will only go up to deprive more from their teammates who actually physically suffer to make the game happen

[@donteven4454]

Im glad he got his bag and all, but nobody can tell me he deserves that much for a pretty good season and first season as a starter

[@FunnyAndOriginalUsername]

That's what the QB market is now 🤷🏼‍♂️ whether or not you believe he deserves it, it was going to happen. Tua just got what $53 mil a year? He's 6-14 against playoff teams in the regular season and hasn't won a playoff game. Not saying Tua doesn't deserve it, its just what the market is set at right now.

[@mikeschmidt2472]

Should've signed him earlier

[@void7mapping711]

You do the math and scale his stats in the last 8 games to a full season, and next year it wouldn't be crazy to predict him throwing for 4300+ yards, 39 touchdowns, and less than 3 interceptions.

[@qaxcgyujm]

Blame Trevor Lawrence he messed all this up. It's even been reported that's what up his price, I'm pretty sure it was the jags that messed up the prices of WRs when they overpaid Christian Kirk a few years ago too. They tend to mess up the market of players for the rest of the league it seems..

[@brandon54]

@@mikeschmidt2472eh he was always going to get this amount of money regardless

[@BMLGaming]

QB contracts have gotten insane. Not just this one but all of the recent QB contracts have been obscene

[@kurtwicklund8901]

So long as idiots shell out for $300 game tickets and $200 team jerseys the NFL will keep gouging fans. Players are only trying to get their share.

[@CoC_Lord]

@@kurtwicklund8901it’s more that mediocre qbs (which Love is sadly not) aren’t being paid as such, guys like tua have no business making top 5 money regardless of him signing more recently then other guys. Gms are more willing to tank their roster to pay an average guy, it’s pretty insane. More guys should be getting the Daniel jones contract

[@ronniesen2522]

Thing is, qb is the essential position. Ever try playing qb? It's effing hard, even for an elite athlete.

[@TehKaiser]

Well, the owners are to blame because they have implemented a system that keeps of the profits to themselves and motivates the fans to antagonize players for advocating for players benefits. And well, good QBs can literally elevate offenses that may not have that much talent all over. Last years' Chiefs was not a freak level of talent, but just enough.

[@kemptonboy4400]

Dak bout to get 60 million a year now. 😂

[@RJPDay]

Another 5 years minimum of purgatory for the Cowboys ;)

[@Onelove2000]

And we have Love💪 Imagine being Dallas and having to pay a choke artist that much money🤣🤣🤣Perfect for those assholes😁😜🤣

[@Onelove2000]

​@@RJPDayExactly what I was thinking🤣

[@AkatsukiCruz87]

​@@Onelove2000I totally 100% agree with that point 😂

[@Xx614JayOHxX]

God I hope you're wrong.. I'd rather them get rid of Dak instead of paying him that much just to suck in the playoffs every year 😒

[@Al3XonYT]

The screaming into the towel at the beginning before saying he was joking is priceless 😂

[@reginaldboyd9755]

This much money after one good year is crazy when the guy in Baltimore had to fight tooth and nail for his money he has one of the highest winning percentages out of every active QB

[@mewr11]

Yeah, if I'm Lamar, I'm... unhappy. To say the least. Oh, and Dak. Thoughts and prayers to anyone in the Cowboys front office or in Dak's camp.

[@Saxxin1]

Remember Flacco. He went to 5 straight playoffs, was never one and done, 3 AFFC games and won the super bowl and was the SB MVP and got nothing but hate when he got his contract.

[@LemmyIsGod]

That’s cause he’s a moron without an agent.

[@A.l.y.b.o.r.e.d]

Happy for jordan love got his bag but jesus this QB market is gonna be insane im so happy im a chiefs fan and that we signed mahomes for 10 years when we did also rip cowboys

[@tkdmike9345]

I laughed when PM signed half a billion, now it looks like a steal. I get values go up over time, but why the fuck are guys like love and goff breaking or coming close to records when they sign

[@davidc2838]

NFC Championship or Bust for Jerry / Dak?? One and Done means Dak is DONE.

[@Cardinalsfan47]

I may like Jordan Love but that is way too much

[@stoned2dabone146]

Mahomes to every other QB "So do any of you guys want to actually win Superbowls? Because you gotta pay other people" Congrats Tom, hope to battle it out in new Orleans for the threepeat 💪

[@Mecharena24]

Fr look at Brady how many pay cuts did that man take also how many times he go to a bowl

[@andrewkelly1337]

​@@Mecharena24 he took 0 pay cuts you absolute sheep. He was ALWAYS among the highest paid QBs and he ALSO ALWAYS got illegally paid outside the cap through his scam shell tB12 company, the same thing he used to STEAL $1million of PPP money meant for small and struggling business, a "loan" he never had to pay back ofc.

[@readyt0hunt]

@@Mecharena24this is a tired storyline with Brady. Brady is the highest earning QB of all time still by $30 million, and that’s with playing the majority of his career in a time QBs didn’t make anywhere near this.

[@ronintje7647]

Let them have their big pay, Mahomes is making it up big with the sponsorship deals he gets and keeps getting because of him winning superbowls.

[@ManiacClear]

@@readyt0hunthe also played longer than most people can fathom

[@EliTheAwesome]

makes the video EXACTLY 10 minutes. nice tribute to our next head of the table JORDAN LOVE!

[@homerj806]

Now just hope that Love does not start out to be like Daniel Jones next season. Go Giants.

[@animaguitar1174]

Well, Love's season was better than Jones 2019 in every statistical category while also having a way better record and also being just two games away from the Super Bowl almost beating the best team in the NFC. They're not the same by far

[@Variant88]

@@animaguitar1174they still could be he could also be the next Mac jones

[@animaguitar1174]

@@Variant88 nah man. you wait and see

[@TheUMIA]

​@@animaguitar1174Weak division. Didn't they have the 5th easiest schedule?

[@Playsinvain]

In what way does Jordan Love resemble Daniel Jones ? Love is clearly a poised and capable QB who has superstar potential.

[@tcofield1967]

You had better pray he doesn't have a step back this year for that kind of money. I'm sure there were quite a few Giants fans excited over Daniel Jones and there is little thrill in his monsterous contract.

[@52fatdan]

Love the shirt, thanks for repping Colorado!!

[@Tylericous]

He had a good last half of the season but was also a supported by an incredible performance by the o line and run game. I wonder if he will be able to keep it up. They got a solid o line and RB still. I think love is good but I guess I don’t see him as truly amazing yet but we will see how he does

[@tristengaudet1340]

Congrats 👏

[@commandershephard5139]

Imagine if you did well and showed some promise at your job for 1 year, and your boss said “so lets pay him more than ANYONE else in that position’s history” the financial side of sports is INSANE

[@sebastianbinder8215]

Well if you were THE critical success factor for your company and also your boss knew that about 1/3 of the competition is desperate to fill the position you work on then you could probably ask for a huge bag aswell. You ain’t winning w/o a QB and there is always like 1/3rd of teams so desperate for a QB they’d give anything for a semi proven prospect. That’s all there is to it.

[@sweetdaddydee1314]

Bruhhhh, 55m a year for a QB who had literally one good season is wild. MAYBE 40m a year, MAYBE. But 55m is too much for one good season.

[@ektran4205]

nfl will raise the cap

[@sweetdaddydee1314]

@@ektran4205 that still justify giving love 55m a year.

[@EthanKlassen00]

Not even one good season, bro only turned on after week 10

[@Axoaz]

Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me you don’t know ball

[@spideyy37]

@@EthanKlassen00he showed flashes the whole season, the last 8 games is just what he’s capable of with the right pieces. Yall just love to hate

[@DaveysWonderfulWorld]

That is a lot of money a lot of money

[@lukebrown7340]

Its great and all im happy but i hope it doesn't hurt the rest of the roster when it comes time to retain some quality players but won't be able to afford them because jordan demanded so much.

[@johnchedsey1306]

He "demanded" what the market has established for a good starting QB. It's not his job to manage the cap.

[@LimpyLegolas]

@@johnchedsey1306but he could’ve just as easily taken less and saved more for the team. Don’t hate him for chasing the bag, but he 100% could’ve taken less.

[@brandon54]

⁠@@LimpyLegolasThere’s not really a need to, why take less than you are worth. The packers will still retain players that they want and players will either stay or leave for their own selfish reasons

[@LimpyLegolas]

@@brandon54 if you want to win a SB there is always a need to save money. More money = more players. Pretty simple. Brady did it. Mahomes is doing it. Coincidence they also only win?

[@brandon54]

@@LimpyLegolas Look at mahomes deal, look at the chiefs cap space and look at the players that the chiefs have acquired. The chiefs have not traded or gotten many players. They have probably lost more players than they have gotten. I don’t recall the patriots making many big moves either.

[@RAW_Reality]

"Tell me why..." 🎵 @ Me, Most NFL Fans, & BSB. "I want it that way..." 🎶 @ Tom Grossi, other comedians, & BSB.

[@ProgressivistMeans]

As a fan of the Vikings, I also love this. I've watched too many QB's look decent/good in their first season to have a massive sophomore slump into out back up at best. We'll see. GL

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

It feels like every fan reaction to a largest ever contract is dealing with denial that your team will be significantly hamstrung going forward.

[@GlacialScion]

People were saying exactly that after Mahomes' deal. Say it every single time, and you get to be right plenty. But when you're wrong, you could not have been more wrong.

[@sascha_maxine]

The difference is that mahomes played SEVERAL good seasons. Love played a few good games in a season in which he had a similar number of games in which he struggled. If any QB gets paid 50 million + now for a few good games Hell Jake Browning might be up for 40 million. Josh Dobbs played 5 great games, wanna give him 50 mil? The issue is that this just reset the market more than any other deal ever could have. They made him the highest paid after one season. One.@@GlacialScion

[@lucasspriggs3878]

​@@GlacialScion Mahomes' deal was for 10 years. Built to NOT hamstring the rest of the team.

[@OttoTheWeim]

@@lucasspriggs3878precisely and has been restructured multiple times to continue to NOT hamstring them. This was all done because Mahomes knows he is the best and will continue to win with good players around him. Love is not that guy and knows he needs to grab it while he can because he doesn’t have that talent to actually deliver.

[@andrewkelly1337]

@@DaneOrschlovsky that is the common reaction to every new QB getting overpaid for never winning a Super Bowl

[@paulyd2406]

I'm not a Packers Fan but 🎉 Congratulations to Packers Fan & indeed Congratulations to Mr. Jordan Love 🎉 Very Impressive and Well Earned based off how close y'all came to that should've been Upset Win over The 49ers BUT... I won't be too shocked WHEN NOT IF but WHEN y'all win the NFC North Division and get back into deep playoff runs.

[@davidc2838]

The LIONS have entered the Room. Packers headed for another mediocre regular season. Lions gonna keep the Blazer.

[@iBMcFly]

As a lions fan I love this as well. 😏😎

[@maxjaeger40]

what an incredible deal only 8 million less than goffs deal in total

[@iBMcFly]

@@maxjaeger40 “only”….

[@DjOnD0pe]

Rip the honey badger

[@Fireflyyhill]

@@maxjaeger40Jarred Goff been to the Playoffs and a Super Bowl, let’s see how long Jordan Love does before he turns into another Daniel Jones of the NY Giants

[@ZachHenke]

@@FireflyyhillI feel very confident he’s going to be better than Jones. I think the worst Lobe will end up being is about the same as Goff.

[@rosemarie7266]

Omg I almost died with the Backstreet Boys being better then *NSYNC. Totally agree love it. Sooo Happy for Jordan.

[@NK-qn6pq]

Well it looks like someone is gonna get paid..."purdy" well....

[@stinger15au]

As a niners fan this is my worry. I like purdy, he is a upper tier qb with great stats and already a few accomplishments. Would love him to stay. But $60m/yr? Or whatever it turns out to be. Crazy money

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

I think Purdy is the type to take a team deal to win

[@stevenschaffhauser26]

No way hes taking a team deal. Hes making less then a million per year. If its not over 45 mil per year, he'll play for a different organization

[@therealxdp]

Live free in the NC!

[@TheUMIA]

Purdy shouldn't get Love money and Love shouldn't have gotten what he got...

[@antilles58]

Dude i love that Breckenridge brewery shirt. As a Packer fan who used to live in Colorado and now lives in Wisconsin, i feel like i need it.

[@JustAdinGuy]

And people thought Goff got over paid. This is just the going rate for good QBs right now. He probably won’t be the highest paid for long

[@marcushead9985]

One of the smartest things I've ever heard someone say about salaries in the NFL is that "the highest-paid player in NFL history" is kind of a meaningless phrase, because it's typically just whichever quarterback signed the most recent deal.

[@Foley02]

​@@marcushead9985Uhh... partial disagree. Any Browns fan can, in detail, explain how Watson is the highest paid QB in the NFL. He gets 230 mil guaranteed to be one of the worst rated QB's in the league. That hasn't changed. He gets paid that same amount regardless of his terrible play and 12 games over 2 seasons. 😉

[@BMLGaming]

No he got overpaid. So did Love. So did Lawrence. It's all absurd.

[@Variant88]

Love hasn’t proved he’s that good though

[@kurtwicklund8901]

I agree this is the market and I agree GB pretty much had to go with this contract or something nearly identical. What I do not agree with is Tom's decision to hype this contract as "great". It is not "great" it is the price GB must pay. It is a contract that was going to get done. Please go back to the old Tom the fan but not the 'homer'.

[@sakkyable1]

If they're paying Jordan Love and Tua Tagovailoa as much as they did, I want to see how much Dak is going to get paid lol.

[@davidc2838]

Nothin' if he doesn't get to the NFC Championship. Jerry gonna tell that Cowboy to ride off into the sunset.

[@bakhtiari6933]

Tom is the goat with all the news

[@jamesmueller4058]

I ran into him at the airport a couple days ago, made my day

[@ethans934]

As a Seahawks fan I'm happy for you Tom and Jordan

[@Jedicode3]

I just think it's to much 1 season of good play but thats my opion

[@EliteAccessSportsManagement]

All I can say is damn I love your enthusiasm I’m not even a pack fan I’m a fins fan but damn I love your channel

[@xuansu9036]

would have been quite a bit cheaper had they just picked up the option last year, which would allow them to get a deal done much earlier.

[@brandon54]

It would be the same price. Instead of picking up the option, they extended him for less than the option. Going into the offseason, Love was still going to get more than 50 mil and was projected potentially 60 mil

[@xuansu9036]

@@brandon54 no. Since they did that mini extension, they can’t sign a new contract until after March. Had they just picked up the option, they could have signed a new deal before end of last season. The price would have been pretty different in that case.

[@brandon54]

@@xuansu9036 Oh ig I was wrong then but I don’t think the price would have been that different tho. I personally don’t think that they would have extended him before the end of last season. But I see your point

[@YoutubeKing2772]

This is Crazy and Amazing at the same time! GO PACK GOOOO!🏈🐐

[@SlimThrull]

Wait till he hears about the salary cap.

[@modernman7576]

Salary cap is going up soon. By a lot.

[@TomGrossiComedy]

After Dak, Love won't even be the highest paid QB. The increasing cap and considering they have the youngest team in the NFL, they're fine.

[@JustSomeGuy009]

​@@TomGrossiComedyso a young team that will all be looking for contracts of they succeed is a good thing? Better hope you can get to a SB right now I guess...

[@Foley02]

​​​@@JustSomeGuy009The main reason one points out "a young team" is to exemplify the point that that team can have great young talent while also spending a bit more on veteran talent to fill out their roster. Which should net them a ring or, at least, a solid run before the "young talent" ages into new contracts. Once you have to pay the majority of your "young and talented team"? You've almost entirely wasted your shot.

[@Foley02]

​​​@@JustSomeGuy009There are 2 types of winning teams. "Young talent" that wins early and grows accordingly (like Young Replacing Montana) and the LA Ram that bought their super bowl with Vets on short deals. Young is a 3 time super bowl champion because SF built for longevity the best they could (which is why Montana left to KC being old) versus LA who had 1 and hasn't come close since.

[@thefriendlygamer2221]

Hahaha So much for your cap space!

[@williasm8]

The screaming pillow was sent to you for a reason…no need for clothes anymore 😂😂 But seriously so happy for you and the Packers!! Can’t wait to see what Love does in the coming seasons!!

[@calvinball1]

Based on what we've seen from Love I think it's definitely legit to be excited. I think there's a decent chance he is a perennial top-8 QB, and I'm looking forward to rooting for him. I believe I can hold that pov and also have a question around setting the QB market with his contract. I'm not saying it's definitely wrong, and Grossi here has a good point about the team seeing more of Love than we have. And I'm not sure where the cap is this year. But just, based on the info I have now, I'd probably say I have a slight lean towards this not being a great contract for the team. It is always a big risk to drop a bag on a player. And if Love isn't reaching the top of his potential this one is going to hamstring the team for a number of years. Good luck to all involved!

[@henryb.7723]

Very mixed feelings about this. Yes Love clearly has a lot of talent and he'll be starter caliber for years to come. But is he elite/superstar caliber? Because the Pack just dropped SUPERSTAR money on him. No one can predict the future, but dang, this feels a little too risky.

[@animaguitar1174]

Calling it risky suggests that there was any other option in the first place. If you have a QB like this you have to pay him. Next season there will be another highest paid QB in the leauge, and the year after there will be another new highest paid QB. It's just how it goes. Doesn't change that we have our guy for the next years and will have good chances to contend over the next 5 seasons.

[@davidc2838]

@@animaguitar1174 Nope. You ALWAYS have a choice. There either needs to be a QB Cap...or some other structure. TOO MANY Mediocre QB's getting paid outrageous money...instead of paying the BEST players more. See ya.

[@cadensunila]

I am so happy Jordan Love got the bag 💰💰💰

[@haydenperkins9982]

Best intro ever

[@florida1289]

155 million is all that guaranteed. Not sure why fans constantly fall for the big numbers as thats never getting paid. They will backload and either restructure or cut the player. Burrow 219 Herbert 218 Patrick 210 Lawrence 200 Jackson 185 Hurts 179 Goff 175 Tua 167 Love 155 Now does it make more sense?

[@spencerabdo5144]

That just highlights how desperate Jacksonville is, lol. But this is a really good way of looking at it.

[@davidstick9207]

It really is that simple. Most people do not understand how much of a deal GB got.

[@tracyisbest]

Actually, no. They're all still way too overpaid. They're winning football games (maybe) not saving lives.

[@davidc2838]

No Florida Man...That's as dumb as the Love Contract. Didn't earn it...Green Bay will probably regret it. Herbert, Lawrence, Tua and Love ALL Overpaid. Burrow, Goff and Jackson AT LEAST got their Teams to a Super Bowl.

[@davidstick9207]

@davidc2838 Did Burrow win? Nope. Jackson win? Nope. Goff win? Nope. So based on your opinion...they too are overpaid. This is the problem with stupid people. They are incapable of looking at market prices. Let's try something different. I flip properties. I pay roughly double what I paid 10 years ago. I can be you...and complain that the property isn't worth that. Yet each one I flip...I make money on. What will it COST to get a better talent at QB? Answer truthfully

[@matthewpenny7946]

This is the new reality of the NFL. You hope the cap keeps going up and you have to spend to get or keep the guy you want. It's all a gamble. Better to roll the dice then to refuse to play in such high risk/rewards fun. I think this is the right move for the Packers. Good Luck Tom!

[@KBroly]

I'd like to think Tom's video from 4 years ago provided the motivation Jordan Love needed to get this record breaking contract.

[@KingOfLimbs24]

Love the Breckenridge Brewery shirt!

[@TheBeggies95]

LMAO this is crazy. Dude had one good season

[@jgent70]

Fact

[@MallPeaMallCow]

Half a season

[@Axoaz]

Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me you don’t know ball you obviously just looked at the 55 mill a year and didn’t look at the guaranteed which barely cracks the top ten as of guaranteed money barely beating out Kyler Murray

[@revivedII]

Then when he plays bad all these “packer” fans will be crying for him to be traded just like with rodgers

[@Axoaz]

@@revivedII honestly if he does terrible bad this season I honestly still believe in his potential as his potential he showed last season is some of the highest ceiling I’ve ever seen

[@andrewf8125]

Exactly 10 minute video for #10. I see you Tom.

[@Krrrsten]

JA-RED GOFF! JA-RED GOFF! JA-RED GOFF! ;)

[@Mr.X2188]

His contract keeps getting better and better Another day, another Brad Holmes masterclass

[@DukeofGames50]

🤍🩶🦁🖤💙

[@DukeofGames50]

We are Malcolm "Rodrigo" Rodriguez days away from Game One Lions Vs Rams

[@void7mapping711]

Second highest paid system quarterback in the NFL

[@DukeofGames50]

@@void7mapping711 he's like 4th now,

[@solcummings2370]

I agree with pretty much everything you said. The one thing you didn't mention that worries me a little is how much better the Packers were with Aaron Jones on the field. There's no guarantee Jacobs can duplicate that.

[@liquidemotionzz3232]

No way after half a season?!? How many super bowls did he win ?

[@animaguitar1174]

Do you even follow the NFL? How many Super Bowls do Burrow, Lamar, Herbert have? Would you rather have Tua or TLaw who got insane deals as well. It's just how it goes. And Love is better than at least 2 or 3 of the QBs named above.

[@revivedII]

no all pros no pro bowl selections too

[@davidc2838]

@@animaguitar1174 Yeah Dummy, At least Burrow and Lamar have BEEN to a Super Bowl. So have Goff and Hurts. Don't be foolish.

[@njncast]

​@@davidc2838When did Lamar go to a Superbowl?

[@GieThe7thLetter]

And the truth shall set you free! Tom preachin' it!

[@alect1953]

Everyone switching from pay the man to you paid the man too much! Lol Loves progression and the rookie WRs chemistry showed what he was capable of

[@AmazinFireMan]

Great business reasoning. GoPack! GoLove!

[@OcpCommunications]

You love this? After half a season where he played at even an above average let alone a high level, he's worthy of a record setting contract?

[@brandon54]

NFL isn’t a league to play passive anymore. If you think he is your guy after that 2nd half of the season, then you will extend him for whatever he wants. If you don’t think that he is your guy, then let him go and let someone else pay him

[@OcpCommunications]

@@brandon54 There's a pretty big down side to this approach though. What if that QB who had a small sample size of looking good, and because of that, the QB isn't really as good as he looked during that 8 game stretch? Honestly if you look at the defenses Love faced in those eight games, there's a lot of bad defenses in there. And there is still tape of him struggling against the Giants of all teams last season. That's worth paying the highest amount of guaranteed money for? A QB who due to Dan Quinn's awful schemes in the playoffs threw to wide open WRs more than once in a playoff game? And a QB who played fine against SF the next week but threw a back breaking pick late in the 4th quarter? I just don't get it. I really don't.

[@brandon54]

@@OcpCommunications Well it’s up to personal preference, I understand the hesitation in regards to the contract but Love looked good towards the end of the year. You say he played bad defenses but he went out there and handled business. Sure he lost to the giants but he also showed huge flashes in certain games. For example in the chiefs game, that was a big game and he went out there and played really well. You can’t look at the contract from a pure value standpoint. You need to look at it as an investment. All investments have risk but the reward can make it worth it

[@OcpCommunications]

@@brandon54 He's getting rewarded for throwing passes to wide open WRs against Dallas, and for a mid game at best against SF in the playoffs one where he literally threw the game away with one of the worst throws I have seen in the playoffs with the game on the line. He threw across his body and threw a duck at the same time on first down. It's not like this was 3rd and forever. It was first and 10. That was his last play as a Packer. And that's what got him this contract? I get his potential, but his performance down the stretch was so much of an outlier that it's highly unlikely it's repeated again. And then you factor in his dumb throw being his last play, and there's no way I am rewarding that. I would just sit him down and show him that tape and tell him why I should pay him 50 million plus a year for that kind of throw. Show me you are not that guy or the guy that was struggling to start the season last year. Show me a complete full season of solid play and then I will give you the contract. It isn't even an unreasonable take either. The Packers FO was just scared and caved.

[@xelater4885]

​@@OcpCommunications Yeah but then you are without a QB in a pass-heavy league. If you want to talk outliers, you can't choose a specific interception to punish him for either. Even then, that run in the second half of the season was absurd. He was one of the best QBs in the second half of the season (actually the best in some stats). This is definitely a huge risk by the Packers, but I believe it's one that is calculated. They've seen Love develop over the last four years. They got a better idea of what he can be than we do. So while it definitely does feel he is a bit "unproven", he's just unproven to us. Plus if there was ever a team I'd put faith in at choosing QB's, I'd put my money on the Packers.

[@dancooke7204]

Tom C. Is greatness.

[@spookyfool]

Imma say this, this feels familiar to Aaron Rodgers contract that put the Packers in a rough spot to build a team around Rodgers.

[@andrewkelly1337]

@@spookyfool the one that was for like 1/5 of this one's value and took up less of the cap? You're coping with an unsustainable and patiently unjust (to the 99% of players who have to fight over the scraps of the cap after a QB contract) pay structure.

[@spookyfool]

@andrewkelly1337 we are talking about football where they make millions right? Now yes they have every right to ask for the pay they want, but the NFL teams often pay their QB a lot and then it becomes difficult to build a team. The 2023 Chiefs is a great example of a great QB sacrificing WR talent for the cap, luckily they built a nice defense for the season. Unless your QB is able and willing to sacrifice something, the team needs to make it up through rookies or QB play being better.

[@YaPalAlexTV]

Like it or hate it... This is where the QB market is rn. And it's only going to keep going up because we all know that the QBs who actually deserve the extensions they got (like Patrick Mahomes) are due for bigger deals than what Jordan and Tua got. As for you Tom, glad the Packers could secure Jordan for the long term. After seeing what he can do in the postseason... Packers could very well end up winning a super bowl with him at the helm.

[@carterferris07]

That intro…What a Callback!!

[@blktom]

I am middle of the road on Love getting paid because I honestly would have loved to have seen this coming year as a 'prove it' year and then pay him next year (they still would have had the tag as leverage). So here is hoping Love pans out and doesn't get hurt. I will be worried about the cap in 3 years when all of those young players need to get paid.

[@mjbates]

GB isn't my team, but about mid season last year I started watching every game because that kid was making magic. Stoked he got paid. They'll probably be on my main screen most weeks if he performs like he did toward the latter half of the season, but if he's better... Good luck rest of the NFC!

[@ektran4205]

THE PACKERS have the greatest qbc of all time

[@davidc2838]

Still gonna lose to the BRAND NEW LIONS!

[@andrewr62]

GB rolling the dice on this one.

[@thegreatsambino659]

Bumping a little bit further back, the packers also took a huge risk in trading a first rounder in 1992 for a second round qb whose name nobody could pronouce…

[@Sir_Packer_the_1st]

Overpayed? Maybe Epic? YES

[@duffyy1]

It’s a ton of money but honestly Packers know this is there guy for the future. He will get us a Super Bowl.

[@kennethblount8228]

Good luck😂

[@iceberg54321]

Probably just one, your GM is too risk adverse. You will pay for his lack of vision.

[@gueritoelbandito4354]

😂😂😂

[@AzzieHalla]

You had Rodgers a top 5 qb of all time and manage to win 1 superbowl. Love only played 8 games of good football. GB is good at drafting qbs, but not anything else. Good luck.

[@willm4690]

It was a great end to the season, and I'm happy we got a contract done. However, we're not stuck in a situation where our receiver core in the next few years are going to want money, and our O-line will need to be paid but we have this large contract to work around. It'll work out, but sheesh.

[@Scottishbear582]

It's not a bad deal for someone who's had 8 good games in 3 years, Tom. 🐻⬇️ 😂😂

[@Celtics18thbanner]

Your team hasn't beat the Packers since the OBAMA administration. Sit down be humble lil bears fan.

[@silliercrayon9588]

More good games than the Bears have had in half a decade.

[@Scottishbear582]

​​@Celtics18thbanner Time's are a Changing. It's an overpay, and you Know it. Have some cheese for dinner 🧀 🐻⬇️

[@Scottishbear582]

​@@silliercrayon9588 I would like to give you some Scottish cheese as a gift 🧀 😂🐻⬇️

[@jeto3557]

Heehee 😉 lol love the throwback scream into jersey

[@AcousticMaster104]

The fact that this was announced during Q &A was chef’s kiss

[@renegadephilosopher5996]

You brought up Rodger's contract extension. That was a VERY team friendly deal, even for the time. They ripped Rodgers off.

[@Mr.Zen_73]

he still hasn't proved himself a top QB yet, let's hope he can perform up to this level of salary.

[@Eliza-x6v]

Stellar, accurate analysis, man

[@JavierLopez-ed5wb]

Make sure you order extra barrels of copium this season packers fans 😂

[@PumPkinPatch36]

Backstreet Boys > NSYNC. Thank you for validating my childhood Tom!

[@handsanitizer1963]

The amount of ppl not Tom but on the media having love in top 6-7 qbs and saying he’s a legit qb from half a good season is kinda insane.

[@johanstinson]

Thos comment just shows that you don't watch the guy play.

[@AzzieHalla]

@@johanstinson I did and he proved that he doesnt deserve 50 mil a year. Neither does goff, lawrence, or Tua either. Because the market is bad is not an excuse to overpay a player who we saw only perform good for 8 games. If love is good this next season then fine, but right now its a bad contract.

[@route2070]

I don't know, saying "this QB is being paid this, and that QB is being paid that." You don't need to jump off the same bridge as the Giants with Daniel Jone's contract. Plus I just looked into it the Packers depth chart shows a total of 7 O-Linemen. And Sport Trac shows the Packers have 21 million in cap space left. And i am sure they are still looking at making signings at other positions. As a Bears fan i am thrilled the Packers may be handcuffing themselves, but i am nervous at how broken the QB market is becoming especially for midtier and lower QB's.

[@thehollywoodpessimist]

A QB who started for one season for a mediocre 9-8 gets overpaid as hell

[@CODNext]

Not really

[@jcole9055]

More incentive based feels like a safer bet. But he deserves the money either way and there aren’t any other options so F it. All in on Love!

[@ArneAsada69]

Nobody is worth $55mil a year. Those TV contacts are lucrative and players want a piece.

[@hgheen956]

Can’t believe some people still don’t like the deal after the shoes he filled within 1 year and what he did in that 1 year stats don’t lie either also made history by taking the youngest team to the playoffs and we almost went to the championship game… well deserved 🕺🏾💛💚

[@tricot6468]

As a bears fan I approve too. Hopefully you don’t have enough money to pay anyone else :D (I jest for the most part lol)

[@noorzanayasmin7806]

Why is Jordan Love the top paying QB? He is still a rookie. Take a team to a superbowl or champion division and then we can talk the top dollar. I am glad we got Jared Goff at the rate that we did. At that time I was pissed at how much we had to pay him but looking back I am glad we did.

[@SonicSlicer]

Tom, the issue that I have with the term and money for Jordan Love is this, you saw the hole that the Bears dug themselves into with the Jay Cutler contract and an inability to keep quality players because they couldn't afford to keep them (never mind that the Bears' front office is Cheap AF, pretty sure the whole NFL Fan Base knows that by now). If Jordan works out for the Packers with this new contract, wonderful, but it could easily turn into a Jay Cutler situation just that quickly.

[@Smiley869]

Bears fan here. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@glimpse5038]

I love it lol. I was fine paying him even more. Cope? Nah I knew he was getting this kind of money.

[@lyokian]

3:19 - 3:22 Whoa, whoa, whoa... Hold up. ...did the Backstreet Boys get a shoutout in the new DP movie? (Okay, I like both groups and I like Love getting his money. May he also get a Lombardi.)

[@izzyroberts5518]

I am delighted, I was one of those really happy when he was selected. VINDICATION! lol We know Love has that magic 'Thing' he can gel a team, lead a Team & make frankly stupid throws. With him The Pack are Back, I hope the Bears do improve be nice to OWN a good Bears team for a change....... The North as a whole is 'Back to trying to build a Team to beat the Pack'

[@milhouseBearsDown]

As a bears fan I think it’s impressive to mention that love threw for 4200ish yards and didn’t have 1 single 1000 yard receiver. He spread that ball like butter across that team. As a bears fan that reality bites.

[@OhioSportsCast]

Your franchise quarterback for the future. Congratulations Green Bay.

[@OldManInternet]

As a Fins fan, I wasn't wild about Tua making this kind of money after having one good year either. To the Packets credit however, if Love isn't the dude, they were smart enough to front load this thing to make it an easier problem to deal with down the line. So even though they paid Love more than Tua, I'd feel better about the Love deal from a fan perspective (strictly looking at the contract, not saying who I like more as a QB).

[@jacobball8422]

As a Giants fan you'll love Mckinney. He's a great young safety who's still ascending

[@brianshaker1885]

In 2 years his contract will be like 7th highest... maybe. So it's a great deal. He was out there last year making throws only Prime Rodgers, Maholmes, or on his best day Favre were making. After that Chiefs game where they beat the super bowl champs he earned this contract. (I was expecting him to sign for 45 million a year, but then Lawrence signed for 55, and at that point this was inevitable.)

[@kelseywhitlatch173]

04:21 and my response back would be they didnt even pick up his 5th year option. Thats how much faith they had after those first 3 then 4th year

[@bartring]

The only problem with comparing Love's contract to Rodger's first contract is that Rogers was not made the highest paid QB. I don't think people are arguing that the Packers haven't seen enough of Love to pay him, just that they haven't seen enough to pay him that much. That being said, if he keeps playing well his contract will probably look like a bargain in two years given the rapid rise of QB contracts. Hoping it works out for you, Tom!

[@Alran109]

Please make a video breaking down the contract and why it's good for the Packers and doesn't hurt them like so many of these unintelligent people believe.

[@bluerisk]

He played one good season, and is in response paid like an absolute elite player, a HOF-player. And this money will hurt a cap situation and thus the quality of the remaining team. Even Rodgers won only one ring, and he is an HOF.

[@andrewfulan796]

On the flip side, teams have a full season of tape on Love and will find every weakness he has. I wouldn't be surprised if he takes a significant step back next year. The Aaron Rodgers' contract was also like $150M less than Love's so while the Packers have done a similar thing before, it's incredibly more risky given how highly paid QBs are