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By drafting heir apparent to Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay ensures drama. So, thank you, Packers.

I keep coming back to the Packers using their first-round draft pick on a quarterback. I keep coming back to that not just because of the turmoil, bad feelings and drama that almost certainly will flow from the decision, but because … OK, fine, 99 percent because of that.

There’s a reason local TV news directors use footage of massive factory fires, no matter if the blaze is 1,000 miles away. Infernos are mesmerizing. And so is the Packers’ decision to draft Utah State’s Jordan Love when they have Aaron Rodgers, a future Hall of Fame quarterback with a lot of football left in him.