Brett Favre Sends Powerful Message to Jordan Love After Packers Exit Playoffs.
Quarterback Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers has captured the interest of the entire team and its supporters, including the most illustrious Hall of Fame players.
After a stellar season and a competitive postseason run that included a road victory over the Dallas Cowboys and a close loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round on Saturday, former Packers quarterback Brett Favre took to social media on Sunday, January 21, to laud Love.
“Excellent game, but my Packers lost badly. “We are very proud of you and can’t wait to see what the future holds,” I’m sure I can speak for all Packers supporters when I say this.Favre penned this. There is much to be happy about. Jordan, don’t forget to smile because I believe you can be the best Packer QB yet. Congrats 49ers.”
Jordan Love Already Stacks Up Well Against Packers Greats Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers.
Love put up 4,159 passing yards in 2023, his first year as a full-time starter and his fourth year in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers, who succeeded Favre in Green Bay and went on to win four MVP Awards and a Super Bowl Championship, also sat behind Favre for three years and didn’t become a full-time starter until his fourth NFL season.
During the past year, Love has thrown for more yards (4,038 yards) than Aaron Rodgers did when he took over as the Packers’ quarterback in 2008. Additionally, Love’s 2023 passing total of 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions was higher than Rodgers’ 15 years prior total of 28 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. In 12 of his 19 NFL seasons, Aaron Rodgers has amassed more throwing yards than Love did last season.
Rodgers was also 6-10 as the starter in his first year under center in Green Bay, while Love went 9-8 and led the Packers to a playoff win over the Dallas Cowboys followed by a narrow defeat to the Niners Saturday.
Favre was a Pro Bowler in 1992, his first season in Green Bay after spending his rookie year with the Atlanta Falcons. Favre played 20 years in the NFL, starting 19 of those beginning in 1992. He threw more interceptions in 18 of those 19 seasons than the 11 picks Love tossed in 2023.
Jordan Love Makes Costly Mistake Late Against 49ers
Unfortunately, Love’s streak of great play to end the regular season, which carried through a superb performance on Super Wild Card Weekend in Dallas that earned Love a near-perfect passer rating, ended in San Francisco Saturday. Love completed 21-of-34 passes for 194 yards, 2 TDs and 2 INTs, including one with less than a minute to play that ended Green Bay’s playoff run.
Love’s error was out of character for him, given his performance over the past few weeks. During his previous nine games, which included the team’s playoff triumph over the Cowboys and its last eight regular season games, the quarterback had thrown just one interception.
Love discussed the costly turnovers he committed against the 49ers at his Saturday night postgame press conference.
“I’m not sure if I had the chance to run and possibly go out of bounds. However, Love remarked, “[I] forced it across the middle late, which is a mortal sin, and it cost us.” “However, that’s precisely the area where I can examine, learn from, and improve in the future.”
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