The Green Bay Packers have had the luxury of transitioning from one excellent quarterback to another multiple times. With the most important position in the sport secured, the organization had a relatively easy pathway towards remaining a competitive team year in and year out.
That process began with Brett Favre handing the baton to Aaron Rodgers, before Jordan Love followed in their footsteps.
What Is Jordan Love’s Contract?
A first-round pick in 2020, Love served in the backup role to Rodgers for three years, developing patiently in the wings. Finally, he took over the starting quarterback role in 2023 with strong results.
Starting slow through the first half of the season, he came into his own near the end, leading to a major upset over the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Immediately, the Packers were ready to declare him the franchise quarterback for the future.
A solid run at Utah State paved the way for Love to be selected 26th overall. But with Rodgers still at the peak of his prime, he remained on the bench learning the ropes of football behind one of the greatest to ever do it.
Finally, in 2023, he took over as the starter when the four-time MVP began a new chapter of his football career with the New York Jets. Simultaneously, Love exercised his fifth-year option with an incentive-laden deal covering the 2024 season worth up to $22.5 million.
Over the course of the year, he threw for 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions, as the Packers won nine games and earned a playoff berth, before making it to the Wild Card Round with a passer rating of 108.6.
On the back of that season alone, Green Bay was satisfied enough to give him a new four-year contract extension worth $220 million. The contract included a signing bonus of $75 million, with nearly two-thirds of the total amount, $160.3 million, guaranteed to Love.
What Is Love’s Salary?
In his first year under a new contract, Love wasn’t nearly as productive, tallying just 3,389 yards while throwing just 25 touchdowns against 11 interceptions. Playing in 15 games, the Packers had a 9-6 record in those outings, leading to another playoff appearance.
This time around, though, Love wasn’t as prolific, throwing for 212 yards and three interceptions in their lone postseason game. This season, the team hoped to make a major step forward and emerge as a true Super Bowl contender. Love is ranked first in PFSN’s QB metric.
As a result, they made a myriad of roster moves, including the trade for Micah Parsons, to truly take them over the top. In 2025, Love will earn a base salary of $11,900,000 and a workout bonus of $500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $29,687,143 and a dead cap value of $127,573,193.
What Is Love’s Net Worth?
According to Forbes, the superstar quarterback has a net worth of close to $83 million. Joining the NFL just before the NIL became a part of the collegiate landscape, Love wasn’t able to make full use of the program.
However, since becoming a star in the league, he has become one of the highest-paid players in history, thereby leading to his superlative wealth. But it isn’t just the money he’s earned for his play that has given him such a hefty net worth.
Thanks to his and the sport’s popularity, he has also become a famous name for brands to target as part of endorsement deals. The most prominent of those include American Family Insurance, Electronic Arts, Experian, Keurig Dr Pepper, Nike, Old Spice, Sony, and Toyota.
Green Bay Packers’ Insights for Week 10
Team: The Week 9 home loss to the Panthers dropped their chances of making the playoffs by 19.6% according to PFSN’s Playoff Predictor. Green Bay’s chances to win the NFC North dropped to 11.6%.
QB: Jordan Love enters Week 10 with the second-best QBi (91.9) in the NFL, behind the Colts’ Daniel Jones. His current QBi score would be the 27th best since 2000.
Offense: The Packers have scored a combined 23 points in their two losses while scoring at least 27 points in five wins, along with 40 points against the Cowboys in a tie.
Defense: The Packers’ defense has recorded a DEFi grade of C- or worse on four of the last five games. The first three weeks, Green Bay had a C+ or better in each game for a Top 8 NFL ranking for the week.
Fantasy: Jordan Love had thrown a touchdown in every game this season before last week’s dud against the Panthers. Despite that, he’s only posted QB1 numbers three times. The Eagles allow the fewest schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to quarterbacks.