Packers Fans Will Be Furious When They See Brian Gutekunst's Comments After Drafting QB Jordan Love
By Jerry Trotta

Numerous surprises transpired in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, but perhaps none was more head-spinning than the Green Bay Packers' decision to trade up to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with the No. 26 overall pick.
General manager Brian Gutekunst drafting the team's supposed QB of the future months after getting dismantled in the NFC Championship Game is inexplicable. Still, he probably stood by his heavily-ridiculed decision, right?
Not exactly. On the contrary, Gutekunst's comments are guaranteed to infuriate Packers diehards.
WTH are these quotes?
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 24, 2020
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst
on what the Jordan Love pick means for Aaron Rodgers: "We’ve got the best quarterback in the NFL and we plan to have him for a while”
on Love being Rodgers’ eventual replacement: “I don’t think you can put that on him right now” pic.twitter.com/w7bXHxnAfn
Wisconsin natives are some of the most loyal fans in the world of sports, but we wouldn't at all fault them if some threatened to root for another squad. That's how maddening these quotes are.
If you plan to have Aaron Rodgers as your starting gunslinger "for a while," then why didn't you get his 36-year-old self some more help on the perimeter? Nine wide receivers were drafted on Day 1, and Green Bay still would've had its pick of the litter at No. 26.
And if Gutenkust feels that Love isn't Rodgers' like-for-like replacement down the road, then why draft him? We get that's a heavy burden to put on the shoulders of a 21-year-old, but also having zero conviction in the draft pick is reprehensible on his part. Did you just trade up for Taysom Hill?
The legacies of Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur are now forever latched to Jordan Love. Truly a franchise-altering moment. Still hard to digest the lasting reach of this decision. Struggling to write on it.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 24, 2020
Let it all out, Packers fans. This is a safe place.