The fact that the Packers signed Aaron to that record contract doesn't necessarily disprove what Nerdmann said. I would say that there was a decent amount of evidence at the time of Love being drafted to justify making a move against Rodgers. I personally hated that draft pick, still do to this day, mostly because we still don't know if Jordan Love is any good, coupled with what we should have done with that pick, coupled with we chewed up his rookie contract discount, imo. We have seen a very small sample that is encouraging, but we have also seen that Love was just plain not good enough in the eyes of the coaches (and anyone else that has eyes) to supplant Rodgers. That pick, at that time, has shown to be a failure at this point in time. Nerdmann's characterization of the Packers giving up on Rodgers is a bit biased and too binary, but certainly a legitimate perspective, regardless of the decisions the Packers made subsequent to that pick. I get it when some will say that in retrospect it was wise to take Love and develop him, but I'm not one of them. The Packers took their shot for the last couple of years, trying to hold it all together, and failed. It is what it is, and it doesn't look good. Personally, I'm processing a concept where we maximizing the ability for cap relief for 2024, instead of clinging to a hope and a prayer for 2023, starting with loading up the offense in this draft. Joe Barry shouldn't get shit this off-season, he used up all his promotional free chips as far as I'm concerned, admittedlly emotional about his failings. I hope Rodgers is traded. What Nerdmann (and Dhazer) have said on this subject has been a bit myopic, imo, but not necessarily wrong.