Brian Gutekunst met with the Green Bay Packers media before the NFL Draft yesterday. This is standard for general managers to do a preview press conference with those covering the team. While the draft is happening on Thursday, all the media wanted to talk about was Aaron Rodgers. Gutekunst almost looked annoyed at the number of questions he had to answer about Rodgers. But when asked directly about their quarterback’s future, Gutekunst appeared to commit to him and noted we’re not done with contracts.

Gutekunst on Rodgers: "Aaron is our guy, he's going to be our quarterback for the foreseeable future."

Also mentioned they are going to have to do more with contracts. "We're not done yet."

— Andy Herman (@AndyHermanNFL) April 26, 2021

This answer isn’t surprising. Rodgers won the MVP last year. Of course, he is the guy. Gutekunst acknowledged that this year and next year are very difficult with the salary cap. Green Bay has to do a ton of maneuvering to figure out what to do and how to keep guys. The second part will cover later, but Gutekunst committed to Rodgers in the sense that he brought his team back. Remember after the heartbreaking loss to Tampa Bay, Rodgers thought he would not have his team back. They’re all back minus Corey Linsley. That was the first sign of Rodgers being the guy for Green Bay.

What does this mean for Jordan Love? That’s hard to know at this point. We have to wait until the dust settles here. Love could be valued as the fourth-best quarterback in this year’s draft. Could it make him expendable and if so, does that mean a contract for Rodgers is on the way? We’ll see. It would completely buck the trend of what the Packers did in the past. But they could also recognize the past is a little different than what the quarterback position is today.

We’ll see what Green Bay does in the coming days.

Charlie.