Love: 4-years, $220M ($55M/yr)
Tua: 4-years, $212M ($53M/yr)
I just shake my head. IMO, at least Tua, when healthy, has put together some pretty good numbers. Still needs to improve but, to me, he's a proven solid (probably top 10 in the NFL or very close) NFL QB. Has to stay healthy, though.
IIRC, Love strung together 3 or 4 outstanding performances last season as he found his footing. But, when the Pack had every opportunity to knock off the Niners, Love did not step up and deliver. He doesn't have the body of work that Tua does but he's going to make $55M/year? I can't believe that the Packers couldn't have signed him to a 4-yr, $160M deal and saved some cap room. He just hasn't proved enough to give him that kind of money, imo. And that contract, if Love proves to be something less than brilliant, will hamstring the Packers and greatly reduce the possibility of them being able to trade him.
Tua: 4-years, $212M ($53M/yr)
I just shake my head. IMO, at least Tua, when healthy, has put together some pretty good numbers. Still needs to improve but, to me, he's a proven solid (probably top 10 in the NFL or very close) NFL QB. Has to stay healthy, though.
IIRC, Love strung together 3 or 4 outstanding performances last season as he found his footing. But, when the Pack had every opportunity to knock off the Niners, Love did not step up and deliver. He doesn't have the body of work that Tua does but he's going to make $55M/year? I can't believe that the Packers couldn't have signed him to a 4-yr, $160M deal and saved some cap room. He just hasn't proved enough to give him that kind of money, imo. And that contract, if Love proves to be something less than brilliant, will hamstring the Packers and greatly reduce the possibility of them being able to trade him.