@Chongo posted:WRT Nub's 5th year...Gunt probably didn't think that far down the line at the time, and now he's going to have to deal with it. He saw a shiny new Ferrari he could afford, but after he purchased it, he realize he can't drive it as much as he had thought he would. If 12 plays lights out this year, and they win the Superb Owl, and wants to come back, that creates another problem. Or what if they get to the Owl, and lose, but he has another MVP season and wants to come back again...does Gunt still trade him?
Oh I think the timing of drafting Love was possibly more important than the player himself. The plan seems to have been, based on Rodgers contract, to trade him after ‘21, giving Love 1 year under Rodgers and 2 full years to grow into the position before they have to decide on the 5th year. I think that’s why they burned money/draft picks on the running game, they were planning to build around their young QB. I think covid threw a wrench in the plans maybe more than Rodgers MVP season. They got zero evaluation of Love, hard to know anything without training camp and preseason.