Following a stretch of mediocre play, Packers QB Jordan Love has bounced again and solidified himself as Inexperienced Bay’s signal-caller.
After sitting behind future Corridor of Fame QB Aaron Rodgers for 3 seasons, Love — an unpopular draft alternative — lastly acquired his probability to be a full-time beginning QB in 2023.
Love began the season strongly, throwing for seven touchdowns and one interception via three video games. However following a stable begin, the 25-year-old struggled, throwing seven touchdowns and 9 interceptions over his subsequent six video games.
The powerful six-game run created much more questions than solutions for the Packers. Was Like to blame or did it have extra to do with a younger offensive supporting forged?
Throughout these struggles, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst was not sure about Love’s future in Inexperienced Bay, saying the QB was “slightly up and down.” Gutekunst additionally famous it was “arduous to judge anyone” as a result of the complete staff was struggling.
As a substitute of faltering underneath the strain of his poor play, Love bounced again and put collectively an awesome five-game stretch to get the Packers (6-8) again into NFC playoff competition.
Over these 5 video games, which included a three-game successful streak, Love threw for 11 touchdowns and one interception.
Following the successful streak, the Packers dropped two in a row to the Giants (5-9) and Buccaneers (7-7).
In a 34-20 loss to the Buccaneers in Week 15, Love performed fantastically (284 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 74.4 completion share). The Packers misplaced, nevertheless, as a result of their protection couldn’t gradual Baker Mayfield (381 passing yards, 4 passing touchdowns, 78.6 completion share), who completed the sport with a excellent passer ranking (158.3).
Regardless of his current sturdy play, Love has a number of areas to work on. His completion share (62.6) is under the league common (64.4) and the QB’s footwork is problematic — the latter a difficulty Love has acknowledged as an issue.
