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LaFleur: Ted Thompson thought Jordan Love ‘was too good to pass up’

If you’re one of the few people who haven’t been burnt out by overexposure to Aaron Rodgers over the last few years, Netflix has brought you a gift: three hour-long episodes of a docuseries titled “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma.” The series touches on several subjects, but notably follows Rodgers through his in-season Achilles rehab as he hoped to build toward a comeback that simply never materialized during the 2023 season.

In the final episode, though, genuinely new information was revealed. When discussing the selection of quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 draft, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur had the following to say about the pick:

“I don’t think a lot of people, at least in our camp, thought that Jordan would have been there when we were picking and the opportunity presented itself.