Organized team activities are technically optional. Some of the NFL’s top players, especially ones entering contract years hoping to get a deal done before the season begins like the league’s 2023 receptions leader — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb — take the approach of holding out from their squad’s offseason programs until a deal gets done.
The quarterback position is a little different, though, when it comes to holdouts and handling the time prior to a new deal. That’s the case for Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who has been a full offseason participant in Dallas, as well as the quarterback who eliminated him and Lamb in the postseason in Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Love finished second to Prescott — 36 to 32 — atop the NFL’s passing touchdowns leaderboard last season, his first as Green Bay’s full-time starter following Aaron Rodgers’ departure to the New York Jets. He enters 2024 in the final year of his current contract just like Prescott, but unlike the Dallas Pro Bowler, he has yet to receive that first big pay day. However, Love is making it a point to show up to the Packers facility at every opportunity.
“That’s just something that I’ve always done, trying to be here, get the reps in, get the work in with the guys and just start building that chemistry and getting ready for the season,” Love said Tuesday at Packers OTAs. “I think that’s always a part of it. Just showing up and the other guys will follow too. It’s a testament to everybody wanting to be here, wanting to get that work in.”
There is also a chance his handling of live reps in the preseason against other teams in a full contact manner could be different, but up until that point, Love will be on the practice field all offseason.
“No, so I don’t really know what’s going on, but we’ll see,” Love said when asked if his representation told him to play in the preseason without a new…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-05-24 18:40:33
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