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ARLINGTON, Texas — Entering into a Super Wild Card Weekend showdown against the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium — a building in which the home team had won 16 in a row — the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers and quarterback Jordan Love needed to play just about perfect football.
Love did, throwing for 272 passing yards and three touchdowns on 16 for 21 passing, which earned him a 157.2 passer rating, 1.1 points away from a perfect 158.3 rating in the Packers’ 48-32 victory. That 157.2 passer rating is the new single-game Packers postseason record. His 13 yards per pass attempt are also the most by a Packers quarterback ever in a playoff game, and Love has now thrown 21 touchdowns and only interception in Green Bay’s last nine game. Naturally, the Packers have won seven of their last nine, including four in a row.
“It feels great,” Jordan Love said postgame on Sunday. “I’m trying to hide some smiles. It’s a party in that locker room right now. It feels great.”
Green Bay’s 48 points are tied for the second-most ever scored on the road in a single game in NFL playoff history, trailing only Chicago’s 73-point outburst against Washington in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. No team has ever scored more points with their starting quarterback making his postseason debut.
“Man, Jordan Love. Wow. That’s about all I can say, is wow,” Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said postgame. “What he did, the poise he shows, the command he shows. The touchdown pass to Dontayvion Wicks. We were obviously in an empty set. He had, I think it was (tight end) Tucker (Kraft), max protect. It was a great job by Tuck and the rest of our offensive line. And for him to hang in there and get that throw. Wicks made a hell of a catch. Those are things that, you can try to coach it, but what a moment for him. To me, that was a big time play. It just shows the growth that he’s had from his…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-01-15 16:24:53
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