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NFL Rumors: Could the Packers tank for Caleb Williams?

The Green Bay Packers believe in Jordan Love. They can also keep their options open. Both are true, especially if Caleb Williams is as great of a quarterback prospect as everyone seems to think he is.

Williams excelled both at Oklahoma and now USC under Lincoln Riley, who has a history of sending top QB prospects to the NFL. If Williams continues of this current trajectory, he will in all likelihood be the top selection in next April’s NFL Draft.

For now, though, the Packers want to see what they have in Love.

“From a playbook standpoint, I think pretty much all of it is on the table,” Stenavich said, per team insider Rob Demovsky. “He’s been around for the three years.”

That three years factor is exactly why the Packers are smart to think of Love as the interim quarterback, rather than going all-in on him as the heir-apparent to Aaron Rodgers. It’s very rare for one Hall-of-Fame quarterback to give way to another. It worked once in Green Bay, as Rodgers took over for Brett Favre, but what are the odds it occurs again with Love?

Jordan Love’s contract extension in Green Bay wasn’t really that at all. It gives the Packers an out should Love really, really struggle in Year 1 replacing Rodgers. Love’s deal has three void years after 2024. That sets up perfectly, in this scenario, to either trade up for Williams or select him outright if things go south.

It’s a longshot, yes, but Brian Gutekunst could be the smartest executive in the room.