Love Lance

By the by, there are a lot of people talking about Jordan Love, how the Packers are optimistic, how we haven't seen much of him in the NFL yet, hell how he hasn't played much football at all since 2019, but there's a reason he was drafted in the first round.

There are also a lot of people labeling Trey Lance as a bust already. Uh.

Every word about Jordan Love above should be directly applicable to Trey Lance as well. Is this not logical?

Love has appeared in 10 NFL games, attempting 83 passes. Lance has appeared in 8 NFL games, attempting 102 passes.

There are differences between the two, obviously, but the similarities are many. And these are both young (24 and 23) highly athletic men being coached by offensive geniuses (Matt LaFleur - a Shanahan disciple, and Kyle Shanahan himself), having been coached by the same head coach - essentially also their offensive coordinators - their entire careers.

Jordan Love, under difficult circumstances, looked terrible in his only start last year (due to Rodgers' failed immunization to covid). Trey looked pretty bad under terrible conditions in his first start last year (against the Bears in a crazy ass rainstorm). In his second start, he was injured.

(Against the Texans the year before, he actually looked good. Say what you will about the Texans and their defense at the time, but this was still an NFL game.)

So, please, people who are labeling one a bust while looking at the other with "optimism". Please, stop it already.

And please, Mike Florio, the idea that Shanahan, with both Brock Purdy and Trey Lance still on their rookie contracts, would enter a "tug-of-war" with Sean McVay next offseason for Kirk Cousins*. Jesus. Shut up already.

* I don't actually think Cousins is a bad QB by any means. He's solid, but not spectacular. But going after him would mean that not only has Purdy regressed immeasurably AND Lance has failed at the Zach Wilson level, but they'd be willing to trade Deebo and maybe someone like Greenlaw to make salary cap room for Cousins, who will be a $40-50m man. Rather than sign say Darnold for a few mil (unless he has ALSO flamed out a la Wilson Lance AND PURDY SMFH). It just defies all logic. Ergo, shut up already.