NFL Notes: Aaron Rodgers, Sam Howell, Tim Tebow

Aaron Rodgers

  • When making an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, Ian Rapoport said that he believes the Packers made Aaron Rodgers a “significant offer” but is unsure if it would make him the league’s highest-paid quarterback based on how Green Bay structures contracts: “I do believe the Packers have made him a significant offer. I don’t know if would’ve made him the highest-paid quarterback, and the problem is the way the Packers structure deals; it’s hard to say.”
  • Rapoport explained that the average annual value of deal doesn’t matter as much with the Packers, given that they typically include a large signing bonus and guarantee just the first year of the contract, which gives them a pay-as-you-go format from year two on. 
  • In the end, Rapoport believes that Rodgers wants long-term security with the Packers as opposed to a large payday. 

Sam Howell

  • According to Fansided’s Matt Lombardo, North Carolina QB Sam Howell is the early leader to be the top quarterback in the 2022 NFL Draft. A long-time NFC personnel executive says Howell reminds him of Browns QB Baker Mayfield: โ€œItโ€™s all about Sam Howell. Heโ€™s the top quarterback, and he may wind up being the top pick.โ€
  • Added this evaluator: โ€œI like him a lot. I love his game, physically, and mentally. He has the size, release, arm strength, toughness, and heโ€™s a risk-taker. Definitely a big-play guy, does some really good things and then does some crazy s***.โ€
  • Lombardo writes that the Giants, Eagles and Dolphins are teams with extra first-round picks to keep an eye on as trade-up candidates for Howell if their current young starters don’t improve. 

Tim Tebow

Jaguars HC Urban Meyer addressed the Tim Tebow workout during an interview with PFF’s Cris Collinsworth

โ€œWe have not signed Tim,โ€ Meyer said, via Pro Football Talk. โ€œThereโ€™s a thought going around. He was in the best shape of his life, asked to see if he could work out with a couple of our coaches. I wasnโ€™t even there. And they came back to me and said, โ€˜Wow, this guyโ€™s in incredible shape.โ€™ Then I went another time and watched them try him out. And they said, โ€˜Go work on these things.โ€™ He comes back later. They try him out again, Iโ€™m not there. They came in and they said, โ€˜Wow. This guyโ€™s ball skills. Heโ€™s a great athlete. He looks like heโ€™s 18 years old not whatever he is, 33. And I said, โ€˜Guys, you donโ€™t understand, now. This guy is, heโ€™s the most competitive maniac youโ€™re ever gonna talk to. And letโ€™s give it a shot. And I have not decided if weโ€™re gonna do that or not yet. Getting close. I gotta make a decision here pretty soon.โ€

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