Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Green Bay Packers' brass has been steadfast in its belief in taking a patient approach in Jordan Love's first year as a starting quarterback.
This week, team President and CEO Mark Murphy said it will likely take "at least half a season" for the organization to come to a decision about whether Love is the quarterback who can be a centerpiece.
If the Packers are in the quarterback market next summer, they could try to pull off a trade for a veteran quarterback or look to the draft, where Caleb Williams and Drake Maye are expected to draw the interest of several teams. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers participates in practice at Don Hutson Center May 31, 2023, in Ashwaubenon, Wis. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Murphy noted the parallels between Love's set of circumstances to 2008, when Aaron Rodgers took over after backing up Hall of Famer Brett Favre for three seasons.
The Packers went 6-10 in 2008 but won their most recent Super Bowl title two years later. Rodgers' trade to the New York Jets cleared the way for Love, who has made one start since the Packers selected him out of Utah State with the 26th overall pick in the 2020 draft. PACKERS 'WOULD RUN THROUGH A WALL FOR' JORDAN LOVE, TEAM'S RUNNING BACK SAYS "Comparing it a little bit to Aaron’s first year as a starter, yeah, I’d say at least half a season to know," Murphy said Monday after the NFL’s lone publicly owned team held its annual shareholders meeting. "And I think even though we ended up with a losing record that year, we saw enough of Aaron to know that we had something special." The Packers open training