Love Notes - 2023 Game 3 and up!

That was an amazing 2nd half run by Love.   Nobody played better than him for that 9 game stretch.

At the end, the thing we worried about with him showed up.   He shit the bed pretty bad in the 4th quarter and then did the unthinkable on the last drive.   

Honestly, he had played so well in big moments during that stretch that I, who doubted him more than most, was shocked to see that pass.  Hopefully the experience of that failure keeps him from doing it again but you have to have concern about the way the 4th quarter went.

For clarification, I'm not blaming the loss on him. (I blame Savage if I have to pick 1 guy) Just saying I was disappointed by the 4th quarter.   It was time to shine bright under the pressure, and he did the opposite.

Good news is that it probably saved the Packers several million in future cap space.    He completes that drive for a TD and he is looking at being top paid QB in the NFL.

@BrainDed posted:

Good news is that it probably saved the Packers several million in future cap space.    He completes that drive for a TD and he is looking at being top paid QB in the NFL.

Told a friend today those last 4 drives and the last pass in particular probably cost him $10M per year.

If Love completes that comeback plus beats the Lions to get to the dance?? $50M per easy

Daniel Jones type money? $35M - $40M per year instead of $50M? I'm probably in the ballpark

I'd like that ballpark. Bet the grass is definitely greener there.

Love is still looking at $45-$50M per plus incentives and his poor play at the end of the Niner game won't significantly alter his extension.

I present to you a video montage of Jordan Love's unforgettable first season as the starter for the Green Bay Packers.

Here is Season 1 of "The Love Story"

Thank you for an incredible season @jordan3love and @packers.

Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/AS2fLwFxJA

— Ryan Janson (@ryanjanson) January 23, 2024

What was your unforgettable Jordan Love play in 2023?

I asked this same question to @Peter_Bukowski, @AndyHermanNFL, @JacobMorley, @zachkruse2, and @TylerDBrooke.

(The fact that Peter and Andy chose the same play is *chef's kiss*)https://t.co/fnTnJC2lar

— Wendell Ferreira (@wendellfp) January 25, 2024

Rodgers problem was trying to force the ball to Adams instead of using the offense as it's intended. You see the difference with Love pulling the trigger

— Boris at Timesfour (@x4_Packers) January 29, 2024

Counterpoint: https://t.co/qlCo2KOUdg pic.twitter.com/Q13HL7gSe1

— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) January 29, 2024

Throwing motion guy has added Love to his repertoire.

@ryanruebl Who you taking? Rodgers or Favre? 🏈 #packers#greenbay#greenbaypackers#wisconsin#aaronrodgers#brettfavre♬ Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren

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Packers QB Jordan Love was the highest graded quarterback in the NFL from week 8 to the end of the regular season according to Pro Football Focus

Gets good around 6:22

https://twitter.com/PFF_Moo/st...218326315255/photo/1

here's a cool graphic showing Packers rolling passing efficiency throughout the 2023 season. Quite the roller coaster, but it sure ended on a high note.
Amazing work from Love and MLF

I guess I'll put this here. I hope all you California folks are staying dry and safe with that atmospheric river causing some havoc out your way.

What I love is that MLF and Love seem to have a productive partnership, working together for the greater good as long as they have an RB like a healthy Aaron Jones as a weapon.

If AR was A-rod, JL is J-Lo?

Maybe we could trade Bahktiari for Gardener and call him J.Love and Special Sauce.

Alex Rodriguez was in a relationship with Jennifer Lopez.  Are you suggesting Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love should be in a relationship too?

Gotta Love the off-season.

Only a few QBs I'm taking over Love presently, and none of them are in the NFC.

@michiganjoe posted:

Only a few QBs I'm taking over Love presently, and none of them are in the NFC.

Wait what?!?!?

Not Purdy or Dak or Kirk Cousins or Jalen Hurts or Justin Fields 🤭 or Matt Stafford or Kyler or Geno or Goff or the well paid Daniel Jones?!?!

WTF is wrong with you! They're all better than LOVE!!

Rodgers is in the AFC.

How long before the Jets trade him to the Vikings?

that would be a smart move by the jests so, yeah, not gonna happen.  altho, I have little doubt the queens would be a willing partner in that farce of a tragi-comedy

They have the anti-ARod in Captain Kirk.

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from The Dope Sheet

QB Jordan Love led the Packers to the playoffs in his first year as a starter and posted a passer rating of 108.6 in the playoffs, the fourth-highest single-postseason mark in franchise history,  trailing Bart Starr (135.6, 1966) and Aaron Rodgers (121.4 in 2009 and 109.8 in 2010).

https://www.packers.com/news/p...on-ending-dope-sheet

Love needs to show improvement next year and beyond.

Why?

Love to focus on footwork this offseason with longtime coach Steve Calhoun. Link (paywall)

But Calhoun saw what anyone who watched Love’s throwing mechanics saw. So after he sits down with Love later this month to review videotape of some of those back-foot throws and discuss what Love was or wasn’t thinking on them, they will begin work on tightening up Love’s footwork for his second season as the Packers quarterback.

@Dr._Bob posted:

Why?

Because he was wildly inaccurate for the first half of the season.  

And then he improved.  But anyway the post above was stating the obvious.  Every player should always be looking to improve.

Might want to look into throwing across his body to the middle of the field into double coverage.

But yeah, everyone saw his footwork throughout the season.

Podcast: The Jim Rome Show 2/9/2024 - Jordan Love

Appears he has an endorsement deal with Old Spice.

@Dr._Bob posted:

And then he improved.  But anyway the post above was stating the obvious.  Every player should always be looking to improve.

And that was my point!

@titmfatied posted:

Podcast: The Jim Rome Show 2/9/2024 - Jordan Love

Caught this on my car radio this morning.