Jordan Love keeps stacking wins, and now the MVP buzz is starting to feel a lot more real.
After six weeks, Love has established himself as the top quarterback in the NFC North, and his performance in the Green Bay Packers’ 23-13 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football gave his case another serious push. He finished 66.7 percent of his passes for 276 yards, one touchdown and one interception, and he also added a one-yard rushing score. The line looks solid enough at first glance, but it barely captures how much he had to carry on a night when Green Bay got almost nothing going on the ground.
The Packers didn’t exactly help him out, either. Their skill players were responsible for five drops, including three plays that should have gone for touchdowns in Week 6.
None of it rattled Love. He kept attacking Dallas anyway, and that has become a familiar theme for Green Bay over the last few weeks.
Love’s recent stretch is the bigger story here. He opened the season a little sluggishly, in part because the Packers were not giving him the protection he needed.
Brian Gutekunst has since upgraded the offensive line, and the sixth-year quarterback has responded with a surge. During Green Bay’s three-game winning streak, Love has completed 68.6 percent of his passes for 840 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions.
The production gets even more impressive when you zoom out. Green Bay’s running game is dead last in the league, and the team’s 18 drops lead the NFL.
Even so, Love’s 1,684 passing yards are third-most in the league through Week 6. He is also throwing it more than he did a year ago.
His 439 attempts last season ranked 19th in 2025; after the win over Dallas, he has climbed to sixth with 226 attempts.
That combination of volume, efficiency and wins is why he’s suddenly right in the MVP discussion.
Of course, the road to the award is still crowded. Josh Allen, Brock Purdy and Patrick Mahomes are among the top names in the race, and their teams will matter just as much as their individual numbers. Allen is the current betting favorite, Purdy is second at and Mahomes is third at +650, per DraftKings Sportsbook.
For Love, the formula is straightforward: keep winning, keep producing and keep surviving the chaos around him. That path may get a little easier soon.
Josh Jacobs is eligible to practice and play after leaving the NFL Commissioner's Exempt List, and Micah Parsons is close to returning after tearing his ACL last year. Neither one changes Love’s stat line directly, but both would lighten the burden and give the Packers a better chance to keep stacking victories.
If Love keeps playing like this, he’s going to stay in the MVP conversation for a long time.
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