QB Jordan Love eager to show hes worth the Packers investment in him after signing big contrac

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Jordan Love wants to reward the Green Bay Packers for betting big on him once again.The Packers four years ago to select Love in the first round. They cleared the Denis Potvin Jersey way for him last year by to the New York Jets. Now theyve made him one of the NFLs highest-paid players.Loves new enables him to match and for the top annual pay of any NFL quarterback. The Packers announced Loves new deal Saturday without disclosing the terms, which include a $75 million signing bonus and $155 million in new guarantees.Im excited to have an opportunity to go out and earn this every day and prove the people who believe in me right, Love said Saturday after participating in his first training camp workout of the year.ADVERTISEMENT Im ready to get to work, prepare ourselves for the season ahead and chase the ultimate goal that we have of winning the Super Bowl.Love, 25, received this big contract after making just 20 career starts 18 in the regular season and two in the playoffs. But his path to this payday began long before he actually took a snap in an NFL game and required a couple of big leaps of faith by the Packers.The Packers received criticism in 2020 when they drafted Love out of Utah State when they already were coming off an NFC championship game appearance and already had Rodgers on their roster. Rodgers, who said the move caught him by surprise, responded by winning MVP awards each of the next two seasons.Theres just a lot of unknown that goes into it, not knowing if the opportunity would come, not even knowing if it would come here, with Aaron when he was playing so well, back-to-back MVPs, him signing another contract, Love said. So it was a lot of question marks for me that went into it. But I just stick to trying to control what I can control.After in 2022, the Packers traded Rodgers and Love faced some obstacles as he attempted to lead the NFLs youngest team. The and endured one in which they didnt score a touchdown before halftime.But he matured along with the rest of the roster as the season went on.Love threw 21 touchdown pa ses with only one interception during a nine-game stretch that culminated with a of the Dallas Cowboys in a wild-card playoff game, before the the following week.The back half of the season, he played as well as anybody in the league, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said.Love ended up completing 64.2% of his pa ses for 4,159 yards with 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions last season while leading the Packers to a 10-9 record. The only other quarterbacks ever to throw for at least 4,000 yards and 32 touchdowns in their first season making multiple starts were Kurt Warner in 1999 and Patrick Mahomes in 2018. The only quarterbacks to throw more than 32 touchdown pa ses in their first season with multiple starts were Mahomes (50), Warner (41) and Daunte Culpepper (33 in 2000).But as well as Love played late in the season, his relative lack of game experience made this an interesting contract negotiation. The Packers are betting that Loves work ethic and steady approach will enable him to continue to improve and maintain this franchises uncanny run of elite quarterback production, a stretch that began with Hall of Famer Brett Favres emergence in the 1990s.Its in my opinion the hardest position to play in all of sports, said general manager Brian Gutekunst, who made the decision to draft Love. To have a guy that you really believe in and has done things the right way all the way through is a very comforting feeling.The lucrative extension continues Loves eventful summer. that he was engaged to Ronika Stone, a former Oregon volleyball star who now plays profe sionally. A month later, he has signed a nine-figure contract.Definitely the price went up on the wedding, I gue s, Love said.___AP NFL: Fredrik Karlstrom Jersey