Yes, I believe in Jordan Love as being a pretty solid QB1 for the Packers, and I’ve believed he could be that for this team since we selected him in 2020.

“First of all, don’t get carried away.”

Probably the most important line in your piece, Cory. Elephant in the room, yes, I also believe we are only getting an R2 and much needed cap relief courtesy of the Jets for Aaron Rodgers.

Last night was the Jets nightmare, and it was both sad and abrupt. Their OL couldn’t protect their major franchise saving acquisition for 4 plays! It was a freak injury, and not how Rodgers wanted his season to end. Despite that, yes, I can believe it happened, and though I’m glad he’s a Jet, I still wish him a complete recovery.

Trenches is a plural thing in football. Can’t achieve success without quality players at both OL & DL. That won the day for the Packers in their victory over the Bears. It wasn’t perfect, but enough to get the job done. We do need improvements by both MLF and his staff, and the players.

I’m looking at you, Myers! RUN BLOCK! Don’t just get to the 2nd level and stand there. Zero in on your target while you’re moving. HAVE A TARGET! Sheesh! Complete the assignment.

JL was steady and efficient in his first start as QB1. Time to build on that success. It was one game. The job at hand is ATL. Time to change focus on winning that challenge.

This young team has to play better v. ATL. Both OL & DL especially. This will prove a more difficult test, and while the CHI win was encouraging, there’s much more work to address.

Our Packers learned how to win a game. Now, hopefully the many young players on this team learn how to play to another level and start stacking wins.

Onto ATL. LFG GPG

It's week one and it was against the Bears, but I have to say, I was very, VERY impressed with Jordon Love on Sunday. 7 of 9 on 3rd down plus a TD pass on 4th down showed me something. I mean common JL haters, he was AWESOME when it mattered the most!

But still, I do understand the haters hesitation. For some, no matter what Love does on the field, those haters are going to continue to be hyper-critical no matter what. But lets see what he does the next few weeks. The Saints are a very good defensive team. IMO Love is going to continue to win the doubters over.

Lets get Watson back, Jones healthy, and go smoke those Saints!

Cory you need get your head out of the clouds.
First- don't get carried away?
Yet -if he has another outing like this,
Love needs to be locked up before Halloween.

Why ask people if they believe if you already do.
He will make what the avg. is ( per QBs in the NFL).
And I will tell you right out. He's No NFL MVP.
But lets put his price tag on this-
1.. Accuracy. He isn't yet.
2. ,Vision. -Time with smarts here.,
3. arm strength- Good - pay him $$$
4. pocket awareness - The Lions are the test ,
5. intelligence, - Reservations - (Protecting the ball)
6. leadership,- Good so far. - Pay him $$$
So based on the 2 of 6. You can't lock him up.
We've had less at QB. Flynn ,etc.
So I can understand the skies the limit.
But POTENTIAL isn't going to win a super-bowl.
And as you've seen last night.- Injuries
change how you must Play the game.
The real Deal is winning.

"Just remember, the Packers don’t need Love to be a hero. He looked really impressive, but all he needs to do is not turn it over."

Just take what the defense gives you and don't try sticking it into tight windows. Throw it away, punt it, let your defense get the ball back. Just like against the Bears in the first half. If it's not there, pin them back and make them have to force it. Trust the D. It's nice to get a 1st down or two so the D isn't over extended, but the proved very resilient with their deep rotations.

I believe......that Jordan Love will be a better than average NFL quarterback. He has a chance to be elite, but it will take awhile to figure that out. The accuracy issue, mostly on deep balls, is real, but it's not that bad. A sneaky talent he has is his ability to throw almost sidearm at times, with good accuracy. He does it so smoothly that it goes unnoticed, but I saw at least a couple of those on Sunday. Love seems so calm and methodical that I expect him to hold up reasonably well when under pressure, which is something that will happen against better teams.

The announcers seemed to think that the overthrown deep ball to Luke Musgrave (the one that was incomplete) was Musgrave's fault. I'd like to see a breakdown of that play to try and figure out if that's true. The long one that was completed to Musgrave was fine. Love just had to heave it up there because he couldn't get in proper throwing position. It was a classic schoolyard play. It was good to see that he can improvise when a play goes off-script.

Bart Starr was a cool, calm leader on the field. He played complimentary football, content to let his teammates make plays. He relied on them, they relied on him. He followed the game plan. And while Bart called the plays...he did so following his coaches' plan of attack, rarely going off the game script. Above all, he was humble, always sharing credit. His teammates had his back.

I am not making Jordan Love Bart Starr. Only one Bart. Nonetheless I see similarities between the two as he launches his career as the next Packers QB.

Yes, a great game for the Packers. The only question is; are we that good? Or are the Bears that bad?

I like what I see in terms of Love’s temperament and ability to read the field and go through progressions. However, despite the victory, it’s also clear that he and his skill players have a great many rough edges that need to be smoothed through experience. There will be struggles, but this team will get better as it gets games under its belt, but it likely won’t be smooth.

I am pretty sure that it was Musgrave at fault in that long ball, just from the way he approached the tracking. The long throw to Toure was definitely Love overthrowing. However, let’s remember, the average completion percentage for such plays is around 50 percent league wide. Rodgers struggles hitting MVS and then Watson last year are another reminder that these types of plays aren’t easy to pull off consistently.

Naw, not really a believer yet in Jordan Love. Not yet. But he was good, first game out as the starter. The whole team was pretty good. But then, like some other comment made on this site, the Packers were playing the " stinky Bears. "

I've had the pleasure of, what is now 4 good QB's with the Packers (Majikman being the first)... and I've seen them all come along (God am I really that old?). I think Love is going to be here for a long time barring injury. Of all the QB's to start for us since 1987, Love's demeanor reminds me most of Favre in the aspect that he's relaxed and just wants to play ball. ARod had a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. He let that fuel his fire... and it worked for a long time. But Love just wants to play, much like Brett. I think we'll be fine with Jordan at the helm.

"Just remember, the Packers don’t need Love to be a hero. He looked really impressive, but all he needs to do is not turn it over."

This is one of those weird cliches that doesn't make a bit of sense. If the statement were true, then Love could receive the snap and take a knee every play... because hey, "all he needs to do is not turn it over," right? Stop running away from the obvious reality. We need Love to be a excellent quarterback, and that means reading defenses, throwing the ball with accuracy into tight windows etc. etc. etc. Avoiding turnovers is not nearly enough, or even close to it.

It's kind of like when people say, "We don't need Jordan Love to be ARod, we just need him to be the best version of Jordan Love that he can be." Uh, no... we need him to be an excellent QB. If the "best version of Jordan Love" can't throw a 15 yard out route without getting picked off, then we obviously need more.

"While everyone was impressed with the array of arm slots and his back shoulder fade accuracy, what impressed me was that Love was 7-for-9 on third down."

I didn't hear a single person talking about arm slots. Every commentator I heard DID talk about the back shoulder or the efficiency on third down.

Let's get everybody healed up and then let's have Love lead us to victory over the Falcons! GO PACK, GO!!!

Sure, but we're all day-to-day, you know?
Adversity lurks around every corner.
Can the Packers be as resilient as the Jets were last night?
Nelson Toburen
Sterling Sharpe
Tim Lewis
Nick Collins
Jermichael Finley
Aaron Rodgers
I'm optimistic about this young team, and their talented young quarterback.
That's enough for me right now.

Love's performance on 3rd down was extremely promising. He did go into a little bit of a lull after the first drive, but some of that had to do with Aaron Jones not being in the game. Honestly, what i was most happy to see was real on schedule throws on 3rd down, not heaves downfield into double coverage. That was really refreshing.

"... but the Packers have to start thinking about extending him.

The Packers weren’t sure in the offseason either, which is why they only invested in a one-year deal. But if he has another outing like this, Love needs to be locked up before Halloween".

The way this is worded, it sounds like Love is only signed through this year. He signed a 1 year extension, so he is signed through 2024. No need to rush into anything. It can wait until the off-season.

Yes, it was Love’s 3rd down stat (the most important down in football) that is most impressive. Bart Starr was considered one of the best ever on 3rd down QB’s.
Keep the chains moving Mr. Love.
Go Packers!!!

I believe.

I believe in this team being better than expected by the national talking heads. I believe that the way to do that is next game and next man up stacking experience and victories and lessons learned in hard losses. I do believe the Bears are a bad football team and they may not be much better than they were last year when they had the No. 1 pick. I believe it would be unwise to ordain Jordan Love the future franchise QB that must be locked up to a long term deal one more month into his first year as QB1. I believe in a bigger data set.

Condolences to the former QB1 and to the Jets fanbase.

"Cory's Corner: Do You Believe?"

From the first moment I was able to check his tapes and listen some scouts about him. The basic assesment was that Jordan Love is (was) row, but have huge talent, at the level of Patrick Mahomes. Who want to see it, it can. Who does not want to see, he never will!

I highly doubt this will get read since it is way down the food chain so to speak. I first started loitering around here in 2009. I did my first superchat and sticker as fishlove73 on youtube sunday afternoon. Nags was plastered by quarter 3. Anyway…my take:

Defensively I noticed the difference the most. Everyone thinks Savage suddenly turned it around. I’d beg to differ. He has always been a fair to good player, the secondary has been on track for a couple of yrs now. The largest change has been on the DL.

Last year the Pack were short on DL to provide the flexibility and versatility needed in todays NFL. What none of the pundits are talking about is the fact that they are no longer short DL. Kenny Clark can have breathers. Barry did some interesting things. 1) He is getting better at his packages and making adjustments. One 1 play I saw 4 and repeat 4 true DOWN LINEMAN ( 300lbs each) + 2 OLBs) to counter a Shitcago running package. That’s a big change. 2) Then on a few plays he did 3 DL 2 OLBs 3) Then on another play he did 1DL and 4 OLBs ( my least favorite) . And of course then he went to the soft 2DL 2 OLBs and got gashed. ( my second least favorite D)

But my point is, he is mixing it upfront, generating different pressures and figuring out what works. So given the symbiotic relationship between line play and the secondary…it’s no miracle Savage and company are playing better. The pressure up front is helping. Now , we’ll see what happens against better O lines.

Jordan Love… I’m somewhat of a believer cause i believe if Rodgers was playing he would have been sacked 2 or 3 times. Jordan is just younger and has better legs and escapability. He rolls out faster, makes a decision to tuck and run faster and doesn’t shake his head and do crazy eye rolls if the receiver makes a mistake. Not to mention as others have talked about…the decision making, not being discriminatory of who he throws the ball to. He’s a team player.Command of the pocket was good. The accuracy is there. I hope this all continues.

I believe! I believe the offense will be improved over the recent past. Love takes what the defense gives and finds the open receivers quickly. This was what Rodgers always resisted. Holding the ball has been AR's tendency and this was what caused his problem on Monday night. BUT, that's the Jets headache now!