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The Green Bay Packers’ first season without Aaron Rodgers began with some turbulence as they started the year season with Rodgers’ successor Jordan Love, the team’s 2020 first-round pick, battling inconsistency. Now, the Packers are back in the NFC playoff picture as the seventh and final playoff seed at 6-6 after ripping off a three-game winning streak against Justin Herbert’s Los Angeles Chargers, Jared Goff’s Detroit Lions and Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Love is at the center of Green Bay’s revival as he became only the second opposing quarterback in Mahomes’ college or NFL career to have more completions, more passing yards, more touchdown passes and fewer interceptions than the reigning NFL and Super Bowl MVP in the Packers’ 27-19 upset victory.
WEEK 13LOVEMAHOMES
Comp-Att
25-36
21-33
Pass Yards
267
210
Pass TD
3
1
INT
0
1
Passer Rating
118.6
79.1
While that occurrence may be surprising to some, it isn’t to Rodgers, who still serves as a mentor to Love despite now being on the New York Jets. However, he hopes people will pump the breaks on the hype machine after Love’s latest impressive performance.
“Am I surprised by the way Jordan has played? No, I’m not. He’s playing, especially the last three games, playing outstanding,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday. He’s in his first year starting. As well as he’s playing, can we not crown him right now, for his own sake? We shouldn’t do that to kids. We shouldn’t crown them, and we shouldn’t cancel them.”
Love has three consecutive games with multiple passing touchdowns and no interceptions, and his four such games in total this season are tied for the most in the NFL with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, one of the league’s MVP contenders.
LOVE (SINCE WEEK 11)STATSNFL RANK*
W-L
3-0
T-1st
Pass TD
8
T-2nd
INT
0
T-1st
Passer Rating
116.9
3rd
Turnover Worthy Throw Pct
0%
T-1st
Expected Points…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-12-06 17:09:19
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