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NFL 2023: Predicting the starting QB for all 32 teams pre-NFL Free Agency

By Sayre Bedinger

2023 NFL offseason: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers runs onto the field before a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
2023 NFL offseason: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers runs onto the field before a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /
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2023 NFL offseason; Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) during warmups before a game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports /

NFC North quarterback predictions for 2023 NFL season

Green Bay Packers: Jordan Love (replacing Aaron Rodgers)

Possible backup options: Brett Rypien, Case Keenum

As we get to the NFC North, we begin in Green Bay where Aaron Rodgers has finally emerged from his black hole retreat. Rodgers, the complicated fella that he is, may have played his last down as a member of the Packers when the team took a loss at home against the Detroit Lions. It would be a bitter way for things to end in Green Bay for Rodgers, but it might be time for all parties to move on.

It just feels like these two are at least a year overdue for parting ways. Rodgers has become somewhat of a distraction for this Packers team, and his play in 2022 wasn’t good enough to justify the hefty price they are paying him. Rodgers understands that his contract would need to be redone if he’s going to play for the Packers or anyone else in 2023, in all likelihood, and retirement may be a possibility for him.

Although he wasn’t playing at an MVP level in 2022, a dip in abilities would certainly not be the reason for Rodgers and the Packers parting ways. Jordan Love was a first-round pick of Green Bay back in 2020 and entering his fourth NFL season, it’s now or never if the Packers are going to see what they’ve got, right?

If the Packers keep Rodgers, Love should demand a trade. He was Matt LaFleur’s guy, though, so it makes sense that the Packers would want to see that investment through as Rodgers is very much at the end of his NFL career.

I think the Packers move on from AR12, move forward with Jordan Love, and then bring in someone like a Brett Rypien or Case Keenum as a steady backup who can also serve as a “player-coach” for them.

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