Jordan Love is entering his fourth year as the Packers’ starting quarterback, but this season has a different feel to it. For the first time, Green Bay looks ready to put the offense squarely on his shoulders and let him be the centerpiece.
The path here has been a progression. In 2023, Love was in prove-it mode, and he delivered enough for the Packers to lock him up the following summer. Last season brought a different challenge: Josh Jacobs arrived, Love got hurt, and Jacobs became the engine of the offense while Love worked back.
Then came 2025, when Green Bay looked ready to mostly rerun the 2024 setup. That changed when the Packers traded for Micah Parsons, and suddenly the whole season turned into a measuring stick for that move.
This year, though, the equation looks different. Parsons is out to start the season.
Jacobs is suspended. Green Bay has also reshaped its wide receiver room to get more out of the money and draft capital it has already put there, and Tucker Kraft is back in the mix.
All of it points to one thing: Love is the load-bearing piece of the offense.
So, in plain terms, this is Jordan Love’s world now. The Packers have built the setup. The question is whether he can step into the role they’ve been aiming him toward all along.
Let’s hope!
Plenty of people are calling this out now, but we’ve been on it for months.
The Packers’ cutdown day moves gave them a lot of flexibility.
Here’s how the rookies project for the 2026 season.
Honestly, I don’t think the prediction for the Packers is all that bold!
Strong contender for “worst bird in the world” here. You can fly! How do you get stuck in a tree?
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In an important aesthetic update, Jonathan Ford finally gets out of the 60s and back to the 90s! Good for him, and hopefully it brings about a prosperous season.
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