Packers QB Jordan Love ups comfort, confidence and intensity in Year 3
Where did Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love make the biggest jump in Year 3?
General manager Brian Gutekunst pointed to comfort, confidence and intensity.
“I just think comfortable in the offense, and confidence in it, I guess, is the biggest thing. I think he was making quicker decisions and just letting it rip more. He was thinking less and playing more,” Gutekunst said from the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday. “Certainly, he didn’t get a lot of opportunity during the season to go out there and perform, but he did, we thought he executed very well. I know, just watching him through practice, not only in the offseason last year and training camp but into the season, how he approached the weeks, there was just a different level of intensity week in and week out than there had been prior.”
Love completed 14 of 21 passes for 195 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions over four games during the 2022 season. His passer rating was 112.2. His most significant playing time came during a two-series stint in Philadelphia where Love threw a touchdown pass to Christian Watson and led the Packers to 10 points.
Now, the Packers must decide what path to take at quarterback.
“I don’t know if he changed our thinking. Whenever players progress, it factors into all the decisions that you’re making,” Gutekunst said. “We took him for a reason back in 2020. He’s been progressing nicely. To see him take the jump he did this past year was nice…he’s taking some really good jumps, and there’s more out there for him. But I think the things that are out there for him, he’s going to need to play to do that.”
The Packers are confident Love is ready to be a starter, and he would start in Green Bay if Aaron Rodgers retires or is traded away.
“He’s ready and excited,” Gutekunst said.
