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Jordan Love senses that he’ll have an extension from the Green Bay Packers soon.
The Packers starting quarterback told reporters that he’s hopeful a deal will be done by the time the team opens up training camp on July 22.
“Yes. That’s what I’ve heard,” Love said when asked if an extension could be completed prior to training camp.
The confidence from Love that a deal would get done sooner rather than later came after Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst recently expressed a desire to get the contract done in the coming weeks.
“We’re in those conversations right now,” Gutekunst told 97.3 The Game in Milwaukee last week. “Both parties want the same thing. We’d like to get this done before training camp, for sure.”
In a separate interview with Cheesehead TV on Tuesday, Gutekunst shared why the team wants a deal in place with their quarterback by training camp.
“I would love to have it done a couple weeks ago, that would be great,” Gutekunst said. “To have stability at quarterback, particularly with Jordan, would be something that is good for the organization, good for our team. I think I’m optimistic because I think both we want Jordan here, and Jordan wants to be here. There’s a desire on both sides to get something done. Would love to have it done before training camp, I think that would be ideal. Whether or not that happens, we’ll see how it goes.”
Guteknust added that he’s “not overly concerned” about the situation, though.
“More importantly is the fact that we have an opportunity here to take the quarterback position and make it very stable for us for the foreseeable future,” Guteknust said. “That’s exciting.”
Love mostly played coy when asked by reporters about the specifics of his contract situation, keeping his answers relatively brief. Although he shared that he likes “being in the mix” about where things stand in contract negotiations.
“That’s that,” Love said with a smile before nodding his head when asked if there was a topic he’d like to discuss…
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Publish date : 2024-06-12 17:21:48
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