The 2023 season was all about Jordan Love for the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Win, lose or draw — playoffs or not — the whole lot coming into this marketing campaign centered round Love.
The Packers traded up for him within the 2020 draft and within the course of, began an ever-growing rift between the group and future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers. That rift culminated with the Packers buying and selling Rodgers to the New York Jets this offseason.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst traded Rodgers hoping that Love could possibly be “the man” to interchange the Corridor of Famer who changed the Corridor of Famer (Brett Favre).
All the things was driving on whether or not or not Love could possibly be the inheritor obvious, and now 15 video games in, it is quite obvious that Love generally is a franchise quarterback.
He’ll probably by no means ascend to the extent of Rodgers or Favre, however coming off a 219-yard, two landing and nil interception efficiency in opposition to the Carolina Panthers, Love’s health for the place has by no means been extra evident.
The Packers are 7-8 and in playoff competition. They’re on the bubble, certain, and this group is extraordinarily flawed, but it surely has grow to be clear that Love is the longer term for the Packers at quarterback.
With a younger offense that includes Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Christian Watson, Tucker Kraft and Luke Musgrave — the longer term has arguably by no means been brighter in Inexperienced Bay (a minimum of on protection).
The actual fact that Love has the Packers in playoff competition is an enormous win for the Packers contemplating the chances that he could be a serviceable quarterback, not to mention one.
The win in opposition to Carolina was Love’s eighth recreation this season with a passer score over 100 and his 27 touchdowns tie him for third-best within the league with Josh Allen of the Buffalo Payments and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions.
In actual fact, Love is simply two touchdowns behind Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers (29) and three behind Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys (30).
He is arguably a top-10 quarterback in his first 12 months as a starter within the league. Even when the Packers find yourself lacking the playoffs, this truth alone is a large win for a Inexperienced Bay group that was taking an enormous likelihood by shifting on from Rodgers arguably a 12 months or two too early.
