Packers sign Jordan Love to richest QB contract in NFL history

The contract also comes with a an all-time record in signing bonuses, and $155 million in brand-new full-time guarantees according to the ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported.

The Packers have signed Jordan Love to the richest contract for a quarterback in NFL history, per multiple reports. The four-year deal is for $220 million.

Love, 25, was the No. 26 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. In the last season, his first year as a starter, he began every single game with Green Bay, throwing for 4,159 yards and 31 touchdowns with 11 interceptions, and an 96.1 passing . Love helped lead Green Bay Packers into the postseason for the first time since the year 2021. He recorded five touchdowns as well as two picks in two games.

The new contract also offers a record-breaking $75 million in incentive to sign, and $155 million of new fully guaranteed guarantee, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said..

The new contract will pay Love greater than fellow players like the Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson. The deal appears to reset the game for quarterbacks after extensions agreed to by Jared Goff and Trevor Lawrence earlier in the summer. Love’s new deal will allow him to earn the equivalent five million dollars HTML0annually which is the same amount split between Burrow as well as Lawrence, ESPN reported.

Prior to the signing of Love’s new contract had been signed, he was already in the last season of his contract to give him $11 million in 2024.

The Packers hired Love in 2020, despite having the former NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers under contract at the time. Rodgers will remain the team’s primary player for three more seasons, until 2022. In that time the team did not win a playoff game. Green Bay only won one playoff game, which was exactly the same game that Love had won in the previous season.

In his professional entire career Love was in the field for 27 times, completing 34 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. In his total of 18 starts, the team has a record of 9-9. He’s 1-0 in the postseason and beat teams like the Dallas Cowboys before losing to the San Francisco 49ers last January.

After finishing the season with a 9-8 record before falling in the Divisional Round playoffs The Packers will begin their 2024 season with Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 6 in the game to be streamed live on Peacock.