Packers Superstar Poised for Breakout Campaign After Stellar Offseason

06-19-2024
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The Green Bay Packers certainly know how to pick a quarterback.

Green Bay has hit on quarterback after quarterback and Jordan Love seems to be a superstar in the making. He took over the starting job from Aaron Rodgers in 2023 and proceeded to have a fantastic season. 

Love finished the season with just under 4,200 passing yards to go along with 32 touchdown passes and just 11 interceptions. He added just under 250 yards on the ground as well with four rushing touchdowns. 

He seems like the real deal and is just 25 years old. If the Packers can lock him up to a long-term deal this offseason they could be set at quarterback for the foreseeable future. 

What is even more exciting, is the fact that Love is expected to get even better in 2024. He was one of the top quarterbacks in football last season and was called one of the "most likely" players to improve in 2024 by CBS Sports' Garrett Podell.

"Jordan Love threw 32 touchdown passes in 2023, his first season leading the Green Bay Packers offense in place of future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers, which ranked as the second most in the entire NFL behind only league leader Dak Prescott and his 36," Podell said. "Love did so while throwing exclusively to players in their first or second NFL season. 

Wide receiver Christian Watson, who was 24 years old last season, was the pass-catching group's 'elder statesman.' With another year of experience as an NFL starting quarterback and all of his guys one year older, Love should continue to progress up the league's quarterback hierarchy."

Green Bay has to sort out Love's contract situation first, but if that all works out it could be a big year for the Packers. 

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