Twenty-three months ago, the Green Bay Packers traded a fourth-round pick to move up four spots in the 2020 NFL draft and took quarterback Jordan Love out of Utah State.
Just like that, in a move that stunned the NFL, the Packers had picked Aaron Rodgers' presumptive replacement.
Packers brass argued that Love just happened to be the highest-rated talent available, but few believed the justification. You don’t just trade up to take a first-round QB when you have a team coming off an NFC championship game defeat, with plenty of potential to still win a Super Bowl.