Great article about what GB should do going forward/what GB won't do since it is the smart thing to do. Also, not to brag, but I have been pitching this exact idea since draft night to buddies.
Cliffs: Re-signing Aaron Jones was a mistake, but that is water under the bridge. Re-sign Godgers w/ more years & money to lower his cap hit this year and next to trade Love + a mid-rounder for Julio and re-sign Davante. If we trade love + a 2nd (or worse) for Julio and re-sign davante the chance of us winning less than 3 super in the next 5 years has to be less than 5%.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/sto...l-all-32-teams
"Rodgers has three years and $73 million remaining on his existing deal, so there's no issue with the idea of giving him a raise. Let's add two years and $90 million onto this deal for a total of five years and $163 million.
The bold figures here are guaranteed; Rodgers gets $98.5 million guaranteed at signing over the first three years of the deal. Combined with a no-trade clause, this deal locks him in as the Green Bay starter for at least three more seasons. It also crucially serves to bring his cap number down over the next two years, creating $14.9 million of space in 2021 and $9 million more in 2022.
Green Bay will want to use some of that space to lock up Davante Adams , but there's something else they can do with their room: trade for Jones , who is due $38.3 million over the next three years. The Falcons star gives the Packers a bit of leverage if the Adams negotiations don't go well and gives them a devastating one-two punch at wide receiver for 2021. In this scenario, Rodgers gets the job security he deserves and the second superstar target he's reportedly wanted.
And what, of all things, could the Packers send to Atlanta in return for Jones ? Well, the young quarterback whose future no longer seems to be as the Green Bay starter. Love would no longer have a clear path to the starting job as part of this trade, but he would slot in as the long-term replacement instead for Matt Ryan in Atlanta, possibly as early as next season. New Falcons coach Arthur Smith once worked under LaFleur in Tennessee, so I suspect he might also be interested in Love as a quarterback of the future. The Packers might have to throw in a midround pick to seal things, but extending Rodgers and swapping Love for Jones seems like a win-win for just about everyone."