The Green Bay Packers are putting a bit of a timeline on how long they'll give Jordan Love to show whether or not he is the team's quarterback of the future.

For the last 30 years, the Packers have had Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at the position.

"I'm comparing it a little bit to Aaron's first year as a starter, yeah, I'd say at least half a season to know," Packers president Mark Murphy said. "And I think even though we ended up with a losing record that year, but we saw enough of Aaron to know that we had something special."

While the Packers were 6-10 in Rodgers' first season as a starter in 2008, halfway through the season the team had seen enough for him to warrant a contract extension. 

Love already had his rookie contract extended; this offseason, he signed a deal that runs through the 2024 season.