Just months after they traded away future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who had been the face of the organization since 2008, the Green Bay Packers found their next franchise quarterback.
After a shaky first half of the 2023 season, Jordan Love got hot and led the Packers to a playoff spot and a wild-card upset of the Dallas Cowboys.
As a result, expectations for Green Bay, both this season and beyond, are through the roof.
Appearing on “The Jim Rome Show,” Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs revealed what sets Love apart from others around the NFL.
“It’s just grind, man,” Doubs said. “I tell people all the time, when I first got in the building, my rep started with him.”
Love was selected No. 26 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, back when Rodgers was about to embark on his two most recent MVP seasons, and at the time, there was a bit of controversy about the Packers’ decision to use their first-round pick on a quarterback.
Observers thought it was a sign they were ready to move on from Rodgers, and speculated that the veteran took it as an insult that the team was grooming his successor even if it wanted to stick with him for a few more years.
At the start of last season, many doubted that Love could make it as a quality signal-caller after he barely played in his first three NFL seasons.
But in his last eight regular-season games in 2023, he threw 18 touchdown passes and just one interception, and against Dallas in the playoffs, he completed 16 of 21 passes for 272 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions while thoroughly outplaying Dak Prescott.
Doubs is one of several young and promising wide receivers for Green Bay, and many feel the team could seriously challenge the Detroit Lions for first place in the NFC North this year.