The No. 7 seed Inexperienced Bay Packers ran roughshod over the No. 2 seed Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, embarrassing them on their house turf to advance to the NFC divisional spherical.
Listed here are three takeaways from the Packers’ surprising wild-card blowout.
1. Jordan Love is the true deal
The Love of the primary seven video games of the season isn’t the identical participant we’ve seen for the reason that starting of November.
By way of Week 8, Love averaged 213 yards passing per sport with 11 touchdowns, eight interceptions and a passer ranking of 81.1 and the Packers have been 2-5.
However since Week 9, Love has averaged 267 yards passing per sport with 24 touchdowns, three interceptions and a passer ranking of 113.4, together with Sunday’s playoff win, and the Packers are 8-3.
In his first full season as Inexperienced Bay’s starter, Love received extra video games, threw for extra yards and extra touchdowns with fewer interceptions and a greater passer ranking than each Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre. Oh, and he did one thing neither did of their first yr both: lead the Packers to a playoff win.
First season as a starter
Love: 9-8 document, 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 96.1 passer ranking
Rodgers: 6-10 document, 4,038 yards, 28 touchdowns, 13 interceptions, 93.8 passer ranking
Favre: 8-5 document, 3,227 yards, 18 touchdowns, 13 interceptions, 85.3 passer ranking
