The Green Bay Packers are Jordan Love’s team now following the trade of Aaron Rodgers to the New Jets on Monday. The deal means Love, their 2020 first-round draft pick, will be Green Bay’s Week 1 starter, marking the the first time in 30 years (since 1993) that someone outside of Hall of Famer Brett Favre and Rodgers, a future Hall Famer, will be the Packers’ Week 1 quarterback.
Love shined off the bench in 2022 in a 40-33 Week 12 road loss against the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles, completing six of his nine passes for 113 yards and a touchdown, a 63-yard catch-and-run for rookie wide receiver Christian Watson. His two fourth-quarter drives resulted in 10 Packers points, keeping the Green and Gold in the ball game after Rodgers went down with an injury to his ribs. With Love under center, Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur’s offense will likely look more like a classic Shanahan-style offense with plenty of under center plays and play-action, one that’s designed to have its quarterback playing the game on easy mode. Both of the Packers’ Pro Bowl Aarons — Rodgers and running back Aaron Jones — have said they’ve seen enough from Love to feel like he’s going to be the next great Packers passer.
“They’re ready to move on with Jordan. That’s awesome,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “Jordan is going to be a great player. He’s a f—ing great kid. He had a really great year this year, getting better on the look team [scout team]. He’s got a bright future in front of him. They have a good young team. … They’re ready to move on, and so am I.”
Jones also expressed his confidence in Love back on Feb. 12, months away from when the trade of Rodgers actually went down.
“It’s hard to replace somebody like that [Rodgers],” Jones said. “But I think if that was to happen, Jordan is definitely ready.”
There’s the case for why Love could make general manager Brian Gutekunst look like a visionary for trading up four spots to select him in 2020 when the Packers were coming off an NFC Championship game run with Rodgers playing well. But what if Love bombs? It seems unlikely based on everything mentioned above, but it’s within the realm of possibilities.
If Love doesn’t pan out and Green Bay wants to move on a year from now, the only real recourse the Packers have to go get either of the 2024 NFL Draft‘s top two quarterbacks — USC’s Caleb Williams, the 2022 Heisman…
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