No franchise in the NFL wears its history quite like the Green Bay Packers. Thirteen league championships.
Four Super Bowl titles since the merger. And a quarterback lineage that reads like a Hall of Fame roll call - Bart Starr, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers.
Each of them delivered a title in their Age-27 season. Now, Jordan Love is starting to look like he’s ready to follow that same path.
Love turned 27 in early November, and right on cue, he’s playing the best football of his career. Over the last two weeks, he’s not just managing games - he’s controlling them. And with the Packers riding a four-game winning streak and sitting atop the NFC North at 9-3-1, Love has inserted himself into the MVP conversation at exactly the right time.
Love Turns Up the Heat in the Cold
Sunday’s 28-21 win over the Bears wasn’t just another division victory - it was a statement. The kind of win that tells the rest of the league the Packers aren’t just playoff-bound, they’re a legitimate threat.
Love was sharp, efficient, and aggressive, going 17-of-25 for 234 yards, three touchdowns, and just one interception. That’s a 120.7 passer rating against a tough Bears defense and a fellow rising star in Caleb Williams.
And it wasn’t a one-off. Just a week earlier, Love torched the Lions in Detroit - same yardage total (234), but with four touchdown passes and a 124.2 rating.
That’s back-to-back games with elite-level quarterbacking against two of the Packers’ biggest rivals. That’s how you swing a division race.
From Streaky to Steady: Love’s Growth Is Real
Let’s be honest - Love’s season hasn’t been spotless. There was that two-game stumble in early November, including a 16-13 loss to the Panthers and a 10-7 slog against the Eagles.
But those feel like a distant memory now. Since then, Love has found his rhythm, and the offense has come alive with him.
During this current four-game win streak, the Packers are averaging 27.3 points per game - well above their season average. They’ve won each of those games by at least a touchdown, and the offense has shown a level of balance and explosiveness that simply wasn’t there earlier in the year.
That’s especially impressive considering the injuries Green Bay has dealt with at wide receiver. Christian Watson and Jayden Reed - the team’s top two playmakers - have both missed time.
Tight end Tucker Kraft, who had stepped up in their absence, went down with a season-ending ACL injury. But Love didn’t flinch.
He’s leaned on whoever’s available - and they’ve delivered. Watson is back and making impact plays downfield.
Romeo Doubs, Bo Melton, and Dontayvion Wicks have stepped up with timely catches. Reed returned against the Bears and made his presence felt both as a receiver and a runner.
Luke Musgrave has grown into a reliable option at tight end, and the backfield duo of Josh Jacobs and Emanuel Wilson continues to provide a steady ground game.
This isn’t just about Love’s arm talent - though he’s got plenty of that. It’s about his command of the offense, his poise under pressure, and his ability to elevate the players around him. That’s what franchise quarterbacks do.
LaFleur and Love: A New Era in Green Bay
Matt LaFleur has been here before - playoff runs, division titles, and even 13-win seasons with Rodgers under center. But this version of the Packers feels different. There’s a fresh energy to this team, a sense that they’re building something sustainable with a young core and a quarterback just entering his prime.
Love is locked in. The scheme is clicking. And the chemistry between quarterback and head coach is starting to resemble the great pairings of Green Bay’s past - Starr and Lombardi, Favre and Holmgren, Rodgers and McCarthy.
It’s been 15 years since Rodgers brought home the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XLV. Since then, there’s been plenty of postseason heartbreak. But this team - led by Love - looks like it has the pieces to write a new chapter.
The Road Ahead
At 9-3-1, the Packers are currently holding the No. 2 seed in the NFC, just a half-game behind the 10-3 Rams. With the tiebreaker over both the Lions and Bears thanks to back-to-back divisional wins, Green Bay is in prime position to reclaim the NFC North crown.
The remaining schedule features the Broncos, Bears (again), Ravens, and Vikings. It’s not a cakewalk, but if the Packers continue to play complementary football - with a defense that’s capable of closing out games and an offense that’s now firing on all cylinders - they have every reason to believe they can run the table.
And if Jordan Love keeps playing like this? The Packers might just be adding another name to that legendary quarterback list - and maybe another trophy to the case.