Jordan Love

... and blitzed 78% of the time.

And uh, I don't know if you saw this, but Kenny Atkinson announced that analytically he thought Jordan Love won the game.

Oh, did he really? He did? [laughs]

Yeah.

He looked at the stats.

Oh.

He thought Jordan Love won.

But, so we had him, nerd king Jordan Love, the new nerd king-

Vikings go in, one yard out, for a touchdown.

Two plays later, interception Jordan Love.

Three plays after that, Minnesota three, uh, 14 yards in, touchdown.

And then the game is over, 39-22.

Mm

...

but Jordan Love was playing phenomenally well, and right in the teeth of that B- Brian Flores defense, because he was getting drilled and throwing, like, with timing and placement.

Like, the ball's out of his hands and he's getting drilled, and the receiver hasn't even turned around, and he comes, or it's right in the numbers.

You can't function th- that way.

There's no offense that works, e- especially because you pair that with, when people talk about the Jekyll and Hyde of Jordan Love-

Yeah

... a lot of people look at sort of, you know, first half versus second half splits because obviously in this game, you know, they were great in the first half, they were great in the second half.

I actually don't think it was necessarily just a tale of two halves with him.

I think the big issue was when he wasn't throwing it deep, he was not in rhythm and he was not comfortable at all.

When you look at Jordan Love passes under 10 air yards, he was 8 for 17 in this game, so below a 50% completion percentage.

51 total yards, an interception, and a negative 20.1% completion percentage over expected.

Six catches, 147 yards, two tuddies, and he had eight targets.

There is a reason for me to be concerned about whether or not he's gonna be consistent and healthy for the entire year, but Liz, when this dude is healthy, this is what he brings to the table as a field stretcher for Jordan Love.

100%.

Christian Watson may not be the most targeted receiver in the Packers offense, but he is the one with the highest ceiling, and he proved that particularly on an 81-yard grab-

You can't function th- that way.

There's no offense that works, e- especially because you pair that with, when people talk about the Jekyll and Hyde of Jordan Love-

Yeah

... a lot of people look at sort of, you know, f- first half versus second half splits, because obviously in this game, you know, they were great in the first half, they were great in the second half.

I actually don't think it was necessarily just a tale of two halves with him.

I think the big issue was when he wasn't throwing it deep, he was not in rhythm and he was not comfortable at all.

When you look at Jordan Love passes under 10 air yards, he was 8 for 17 in this game, so below a 50% completion percentage, 51 total yards, an interception, and a negative 20.1% completion percentage over expected.

So when you're getting blitzed the way that Flores is blitzing you, and your offensive line is relinquishing pressure that quickly, what do you have to do? You gotta hit the hot route.

You can't function th- that way.

There's no offense that works, e- especially because you pair that with, when people talk about the Jekyll and Hyde of Jordan Love-

Yeah

... a lot of people look at sort of, you know, f- first half versus second half splits because obviously in this game, you know, they were great in the first half, they were great in the second half.

I actually don't think it was necessarily just a tale of two halves with him.

I think the big issue was when he wasn't throwing it deep, he was not in rhythm and he was not comfortable at all.

When you look at Jordan Love passes under 10 air yards, he was 8 for 17 in this game, so below a 50% completion percentage, 51 total yards in interception, and a negative 20.1% completion percentage over expected.

So when you're getting blitzed the way that Flores is blitzing you, and your offensive line is relinquishing pressure that quickly, what do you have to do? You gotta hit the hot route.

I just don't.

Uh, Jordan Love was, was pretty effective.

Uh, let me put this screen- screenshot up and we can discuss this one right here.

Uh, so Kyler, Kyler Murray gets knocked out early in this game.

Aaron Jones, 40 and a touch.

The defense stepped up, caused an interception late in the game.

Uh, Jor- Jordan Love has never been in- intercepted, uh, in Minnesota before, uh, according to the, the, the, the, uh, the game when they were discussing it.

And s- you know, he's having a pretty effective game for the most part.

According to NextGenStats, the Green Bay Packers, four of their five offensive linemen, allowed a pressure rate at 2.5 seconds or less in this game.

The fact that Jordan Love had 387 yards and a couple of touchdowns in this one, 21-42, is shocking.

It is quite literally shocking, the game that Jordan Love had.

In fact, a tremendous game from Jordan Love, even though he'll be in the negatives for EPA per play, but nonetheless...

Incredible.

Number two, it's incredible.

Like you checked to a quarterback sneak.

Matt LaFleur said after the game they thought they could pin the inside of that Vikings defensive line.

And we're going to start with Trevor Sigma here.

And this is per NextGenStats.com. Packers offensive line struggling if you saw the Green Bay game against Minnesota here four of the five Packers offensive line had a time to pressure average of 2.5 seconds or less including both of their tackles you can't function with those numbers part of a nightmare second half and Jordan Love high variance found some big plays but also highly pressured in this game Minnesota stole it with Carson Wentz.

A big comeback, some timely plays, but it was the Minnesota pass rush and controlling the line of scrimmage in some of the most pivotal moments of the second half.

And you know what? All of a sudden, things get interesting for Green Bay.

So let's hope this isn't another Fugazi situation.

We have Benjamin Solak.

Jordan Love was blitzed on 78% of his dropbacks per NextGenStats, most for any quarterback in a single game since 2023.

53% pressure rate, four sacks on the blitz.