Tyrod Taylor Signs With Packers as Jordan Love’s Backup
Tyrod Taylor is signing with the Green Bay Packers to back up Jordan Love, filling the vacancy left when Malik Willis departed in free agency. The move gives Green Bay a veteran reserve with starting experience behind its starter, and it comes after a 2025 season in which Taylor was still trying to hold onto a job despite injuries and a brief turn as the Jets’ No. 1.
Packers Add Taylor Behind Love
The Packers had been looking for a new backup after Willis signed with the Miami Dolphins on a three-year, $67.5 million contract. Taylor, who turns 37 on Aug. 3, now steps into that role with a career that has stretched across 15 years and seven teams.
The contract terms were not immediately known. Even so, the roster move is clear: Green Bay now has a veteran behind Love after losing Willis, and Taylor brings the sort of game experience the team no longer had in its backup spot.
Taylor’s Recent Jets Run
Taylor’s most recent stretch came with the New York Jets, where he signed a two-year, $12 contract in 2024 and was limited to mop-up duty while backing up Aaron Rodgers. Last summer he missed training camp after arthroscopic knee surgery, then dealt with a knee issue that flared up in the middle of the season.
He was named the starter on Nov. 17, replacing Justin Fields, and made only three starts after that. Taylor injured his groin on the first series of his third start and never played again, with rookie Brady Cook taking over.
For the season, Taylor made four starts in 2025, went 1-3, and finished with 779 passing yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. He has not started more than six games in a season since 2017, when he last reached that mark with the Buffalo Bills.
Veteran Depth for Green Bay
That recent run fits the profile Green Bay is buying: a seasoned quarterback who can handle a backup job without needing to be developed. Taylor’s career record as a starter is 29-31-1, and his teammates with the Jets described him as a consummate professional.
He entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2011 and remained one of only five players from that draft still active in 2025. The Packers do not need Taylor to carry the offense; they need him available, experienced and ready if Love misses time.
