Many football pundits at some point this offseason have probably utilized NFL Game Pass to watch the Packers’ Week 12 matchup against the Eagles on Thanksgiving weekend. The watch numbers likely increased after reports about Aaron Rodgers’s meeting with the Jets.
Jordan Love’s time to shine seems to have finally arrived—with the Packers and Jets working on a trade that would send Rodgers to New York—and he already provided a glimpse of his bright future on Sunday Night Football in Philadelphia. The game was one of the few times he got meaningful snaps while being Rodgers’s backup during the first three years of his pro career.
It took longer than expected, but the Packers are now ready to roll with Love, something Green Bay planned for with Rodgers in the midst of his prime. It was messy, complicated and probably worth the headaches because Love’s wild-horse playing style has evolved into a composed stallion ready to guide Green Bay to many winning seasons, the same way Rodgers did and Brett Favre before that.
