With Rodgers having tutored Love for three seasons, I expected Love to at least somewhat mimic Rodgers' conservative ways. Turns out Love plays a lot more like Farve than Rodgers.

I downplayed Love's senior season in college when he had so many interceptions since he was playing with a new HC, new OC and a new O-line. Probably shouldn't have overlooked that year quite so much as Love plays to win and if that means forcing some throws into tight windows, so be it. Love seems more concerned with winning than personal statistics and certainly will take more chances than Rodgers.

And I am okay with all of it even if the picks give me heartburn on occasion.

This is getting old. Rodgers had 31 interceptions in his first three years as a starter. Mahommes actually started far more parsimoniously, but he’s gone the other way in his later years.

So after a year and a half , let’s say 16 interceptions for Rodgers while Love has 22. He also has 50 TDs, Rodgers had about 43 (no I’m not actually going to break it out by individual games and I’m ignoring the extra games).

So Love is throwing an interception about every 2.27 passing TDs. Rodgers was throwing one about every 2.68. It’s not that big a difference and Love has played with a lot less experience around him.

Yes, Love is more willing to take risks than Rodgers. Currently, with Mahommes sliding, every good QB is and has been. Moreover, the Rodgers remembered wasn’t the Rodgers at same stage of his career either.

Yes, Love needs to improve his decision making at times, but we also need to get a grip on perspective and write about something more incisive. Harsh? Yes, but when I read about those tight window throws I can’t help wondering if you actually watched Rodgers to Jennings, Driver and particularly Nelson or Adams. Threading needles was a super power that was a big part of getting him so much attention.

I get it and if they keep winning even on last possession games, I’m glad he’s ours! But at a certain point with enough experience doesn’t this formula change? It never did with Farve and we called him a gunslinger and I prefer knuckle head. And MN got to see knuckle head up close too, almost going to a superbowl.

The question is will Love be the same? My hope with Farve growing up, I hoped he’d connect enough dots that maybe he’d cut his interceptions in half and once again am hoping the same thing for Love…oh well.

Let it rip and don't look back. This guy has the spin and the vectors on the deep outs. This cannot be taught. A bit more help from LaFleur to get his deep guys open faster. Usually a neanderthal running attack will get the single high iso shots. Love just needs time in the pocket.

Each interception thrown by a team
decreases its chances of winning.
So don't expect me to get use to it!
Love's job is to give this team the best chance to win!
Execution!

1.Accuracy
2. Vision.
3. Leadership
4. Arm strength
5. Pocket Presence

Stop the excuses and comparisons.

Doing things that end a drive without scoring a TD are not good for the team.

I think Love has a great arm, and that he rightfully has a lot of confidence in it. I'm not overly concerned about the interceptions right now because all he needs is a couple of turnover free games and his averages will balance out better. We're a good enough team that we shouldn't have to take unnecessary chances against Jacksonville.

Also, this is the best running team the Packers have had since 1970. It's been buried by other events, but we're crushing people on the ground and would have to be considered a Top 5 running team. Our next several opponents have good rushing defenses...even the Jags. I still think you score more if you pass more and run less, but I'm wondering if maybe this would be a good week to try to just run over people, like we did against the Texans.

We cannot achieve the team goals if Love is going to turn it over very much, so he and LaFleur need to fix that pronto.

Not mentioned here is the remarkable run Love went on during the second half of last season, in which he threw only a couple of interceptions over an 8-10 game span while throwing lots of TD passes. That did not seem like a fluke to me. That's why I think he will be able to reduce the interceptions again, probably sooner rather than later, without becoming overly conservative.

He did throw a lot of picks in training camp this year, which at the time was attributed mainly to the Hafley defense, but I remember Love saying that he wanted to push the limits and see what he was capable of. Something along those lines anyway. I was not expecting him to continue doing that during the regular season, but clearly he has. I am expecting him to dial it back a little because he is capable of doing so.

Not all interceptions are the same.

Some are bad throws, some are bad QB decisions, some are bad work by a receiver, some are good work by the defense, and some are risks you've just got to take sometimes.

I'm not making excuses for Love, but I don't see him making all that many bad ones. Some certainly, and he has to improve, but this is not worrying me yet. If nothing else, so far the sample size is too small.

Another article redeeming Love – the Blitz continues – at least 6 in just 3 days:

1. Hello Wisconsin: The Sky is the Limit for the Green Bay Packers
Love was often remarkable on Sunday, and also occasionally making mind-numbing decisions. But as was so often the case with one of his Hall of Fame predecessors, the moments of sheer brilliance far outweighed the moments of foolishness.

2. “Let's Talk Football with Andy Herman: Easy on the gunslinger talk”

3. 5 Takeaways From Texans 22 - 24 Packers: Love Channels His Inner Favre” “Comparisons to Brett Favre are not an insult to Jordan Love.”

4. “Cory's Corner: Don't Panic About Risks.. Be happy and energized that the Packers have a quarterback willing to take those chances.”

5. “Pack's What She Said: Jaguars Preview + Jordan Love Thoughts” Plus Maggie and Perri's take on the Jordan Love - Brett Favre comparisons at the end!” “I have zero concerns, he could lead the league in interceptions this season and might and I still don’t think that the Packers made a wrong decision nor he is not the guy, like I think that is just part of his game and as long as he is winning football games – which they are – it is what it is.”

6. “The Lass Word: Aggressive or Reckless? For Jordan Love they are one and the same.”

MY, MY, THE LADY DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH, METHINKS.

The facts:

Jordan – and the Packers - are currently 4 wins and 10 losses when Jordan throws 1 or more interceptions.

Jordan – and the Packers – are currently 9 wins and 2 losses when Jordan throws NO interceptions.

Jordan – and the Packers – are overall 13 wins and 12 losses through Jordan’s 25 career starts, including the 2 playoff games.

In the past Packer quarterbacks often carried the Packer team and management – as a consequence of management miscues and the economic constraints put forth by the hoarding, greed driven, profit seeking/maximizing owners of the NFL.

Now however, the Packer team is carrying the quarterback.

Has Packer management – i.e. Gutekunst – recognized he made an impetuous, irrational, impulsive, insecure, infantile, imprudent, disrespectful, legend in his own mind, arrogant, egotistical temperamental petulant silly silly silly CONTRARIAN move in drafting Jordan in the 1st round in April 2020 with the Packers on the brink of the Super Bowl and is Gutekunst now PREPARING Packer fans for what was predictable from the very start - having the NFL’s interception leader, just as Jordan was in college? All while turning a 13-3, 13-3, 13-4 Super Bowl contender that the Hall of Fame QB often carried - and only injuries to key players could stop - into a team that is now carrying a career 13 win 12 loss QB?

Sam Howell led the NFL in interceptions in 2023 with 21 and Washington finished 4 wins and 13 losses.

Jordan with 8 interceptions currently is on pace for 27 on the basis of a 17 game season.

Jordan currently is being intercepted 4.5 times for every 100 passes attempted – that is 4th worst in the NFL, only Minshew, Richardson, and Levis are worse.

Jordan – like any QB in 2024’s NFL – is going to have a losing record when he throws an interception – even if it is just 1 interception - and a winning record when he throws ZERO interceptions.

Being the NFL leader in interceptions per pass attempt is NEVER a Super Bowl winning formula no matter how many touchdown passes a QB throws. No NFL or AFL team with a quarterback that led the NFL or AFL in interception per pass attempt that season ever won the NFL or AFL Championship that season much less the Super Bowl!! And Jordan’s overall accuracy is near the bottom as well to boot – Jordan’s 29th in completions %/accuracy followed only by Bo Nix, Jacoby Brissett, and Anthony Richardson.

The Packers – and Vikings - under Favre went to NFC Championship games and the Super Bowl in years when Favre was throwing his FEWEST career interceptions and still leading the NFL in touchdown passes. And that was all at a time when life on the field for a QB was much more difficult and interception rates and TD rates were much higher and passer ratings much lower than 2024. Favre had a fastball like no other and Rodgers’ accuracy and distance throwing was unmatched. Jordan has neither the strength and fastball of Favre or the overall and long distance accuracy and touch of Rodgers.

6 articles and shows on this same topic over 3 days!!! - So has Gutekunst sent out a Papal Bull for all high priests - including paid commenters on this Cheesehead TV website - to deliver the NEW DOCTRINE – RISK, TURNOVERS, AND INTERCEPTIONS ARE NOW OK - and turn reality on its head immediately to cover for and save Jordan and himself? How much more cover does Gutekunst need?

Is the mission to instill blissful ignorance in Packer fans so Gutekunst can ride out the next 15 years as GM until retirement with the Packers team carrying Jordan Love. Isn’t Green Bay supposed to be Titletown with Super Bowl championships every year, not just Super Bowl Championship Expectations each year?

Like Jordan Love and am rooting for him but reality is reality.

Bart Starr said you must play the the QB position with reckless abandon—not to be confused with carelessness. He said, “you can throw caution to the wind and still not be careless.” You must be freewheeling, i.e., loose. If you’re to careful, you become tense and limit your own ability.
Starr called Unitas the greatest QB and said he was a gambler and risk taker. He clarified this by stating Unitas is completely self confident—nothing ruffles him.
IMO, Love’s most impressive character trait is he appears unshakable.
Go Packers!!!

It’s actually very simple:
“Aggressive” is a tight window throw resulting in a completion, explosive gain, or touchdown.
“Reckless” is a tight window throw resulting in an interception. It is also, in some cases, a long incompletion on 3rd and 3 while ignoring a wide open receiver underneath. (See also ‘Rodgers to Adams’)

Yeah, I'm of the opinion you are excusing the INTs. I agree with many points from posters above;
1. I'm not worried yet. Good to be aggressive early in season, as Love says; to push the limits and learn.
2. Easily can be a regression to the mean, and the next several games with minimal INTs would quickly change with a few more data points.
3. INTs are certainly a huge factor in games; most games come down to a few key plays that swing an almost even talent match up. The QB has more control over turnovers than anyone else.
4. Yes, some of the INTs result from WR errors, or simply mis communication where they will go....so that will improve over the 2nd half of the season.

So...count me among those not worried (yet), but Love is the 3rd best QB in the NFC North. Goff and Darnold have been amazing to watch, and they are zipping passes in tight windows (who would have thought). So there has to be a formula that Love does not give away ANY games that "should be" won. Every game matters in particularly in the NFC N this season. Considering a decent defense this year, a solid Oline, and no real weaknesses across both O and D, the INT is the easiest path to a loss (now that we have a kicker), and just a hair above the other risk factor of Special Team goofs that might give a game away,.

Through 7 games Rodgers has 10 TDs, 7 INTs, has a QB rating of 82, completion of 61.7%, 6.5 yards/attemp and has been sacked 17 times.

Through 5 games, Love has 15 TDs, 8 INTs, has a QB rating of 94, completion of 61.5%, 7.6 yds/attempt and has been sacked 7 times.

Who is justifying earning their bag of gold more?

Jets probably need to be asking why Rodgers is not playing more like Love, after all his demands.

Lost in all of this is what happens if you take 4-5 of his current total of 8 INTs out of the equation?

I don't know about anyone else here, but, I think Jordan Love should not have been playing in that MIN game, at all, where he tossed 3 INTs on a knee that clearly was not fully healed. His mechanics were a mess vs. the Vikings, and it was clear to everyone who watched that game. Love was unable to step fully into his throws. I'll put all 3 of those picks on Matt LaFleur.

Add in the INT he threw vs. ARI when Bo Melton slipped and Sean Murphy-Bunting wound up with a gift INT, which was no fault of Love's, and what are we talking about here?

Those 4 INTs in his total of 8 are on Jordan Love? Really? I don't believe that to be true, and I think he's shown himself to be playing pretty well since his Week 6 game vs. the Cardinals. Seems to me that JL really started getting his legs under him again in Week 6. Week 5 vs. LAR he started showing some improvement, but, that INT was a ridiculous pick 6 under duress from his own end zone in an attempt to avoid a Safety. That's partly on him, but, his protection lapsed big time there as well...

Love's Passer Rating was 95.7 vs. LAR, better than Mahommes' 86.6 in the Chief's win over NO. Seemed like JL was maybe just beginning to show signs of his knee being healthy in that Week 5 Rams game.

He certainly was not healthy in Week 4 vs. MIN.

All these factors, most out of Love's control, contributed greatly to 5 of Jordan Love's 8 INT on the season. Think about that.

I'm not concerned in the least about Jordan Love. I'm glad to see him give his WRs a chance to win contested catches, as opposed to the years of safe stat-padding throws we all saw too much of at the cost of winning football games from his predecessor.

No one should think that there's no problem if there's an interception. The goal is to NEVER turn the ball over in whatever method.
That said, Brett Farve is in the Hall of Fame not because of his generous interceptions but his arm that produced even more yards and touchdowns. As I recall, Favre's last pass in his professional career was an interception. He still made it into the Hall.

Interceptions are bad when your defense is bad. But unless you've just returned from a research tour in Antarctica you will see that the Packers defense is much improved this year. The defense can stop an interception from being an easy score for the opponent.

The principal problem with interceptions is when you turn the ball over to an efficient offense. Throwing an interception to Kansas City hurts much more than an interception to Carolina.

I look at Love and wonder why people are quick to criticize him. Do the Packers have an alternative? Willis has some ability, but there's a reason he couldn't make a Titans roster that could use the help. Love can evolve into an elite QB and that potential is what you build a great team around.

Shannon Sharpe did a nice piece on Love but he replayed some plays in different games where Love made a throw into tight coverage yet their were other options as far as other receivers being open even waving their arms, Love cant be impatient and force the ball he needs to make all his reads time permitting of course.

🎶I'm reckless and feeling no pain, you know I don't need your control. Living with the danger I'm always on the edge now with million dollar visions when I throw. 🎶

Everyone talking if favre or rodgers? Holmgren calmed favre a little bit, went to 2 superbowls
The one we lost ,we were favourites by 13 points by the bookmakers, unfortunately couldn't stop their running game. I truly believe if Holmgren remained in gb instead of going to Seattle we've have won a sb or two! Under Holmgren instead of sherman ,would've been much better. As far as Arod in his prime ,the culprit was Tt ,Thompson! Yes! He never gave him a competent defence! Very true, He avaded free agency like the plaque,loved more quantity than quantity. In 5 straight drafts ,1st round picks all dbs,remember? All busts? 30,35,45 pts weren't enough to go deep! In his later years ,dont know how to evaluate. The playing with fear in final minutes at settlement? The terrible officiating was at home against Brady, yes at home against sf ,he fucked up !! Going long to Adams in triple coverage with Lizard open in the middle! In his later years he cost us,but in his prime it was Tt who never gave him a bloody defence, he had to carry the team on his back.This is the truth. One last thing ,Mccarthy is what he is,but in 2010-11 , we had 16 players on injured reserve and took us to win a sb!! How was that possible? Playing with the reserves? 16 players, how? The 6th seed! Never shall happen again in my lifetime, missing 16players to go and win a sb!!!