Colin Cowherd: “Several signs say Jordan Love is a little more than a backup. Green Bay’s coach Matt LaFleur warned us multiple times in the off-season to temper our enthusiasm. They didn’t do that with Burrow, Herbert, or Mahomes. Watch how Green Bay coaches him. They don’t trust him and it’s hyper-conservative. They’d rather not throw. Analytics and data prove he is AWFUL in the first half. Can’t be a good quarterback if you’re always trailing, and Jordan Love can’t play it trailing and win games. Even on-script he’s bad. Simply put, he cannot throw it down the field accurately. Last night he was 3 for 11, with three interceptions on throws just 5+ yards down the field. This season, 20 yards down the field he has a 35 passer rating, 6 for 26. He can’t throw it down the field accurately. The chances of going from Favre to Rodgers, to a star quarterback were ZIPPO. Let’s get out of the ‘star’, he’s not a tier 1. Can he be Derek Carr, Dak, Kirk Cousins? I’m 50/50 with a strong lean he’s a backup. Aaron Rodgers never had a three-pick, no touchdown game. It’s getting worse. Now everybody’s got film, people have got tape, he’s losing confidence, and they see what he can’t do – throw the ball down the field. Packers fans will suggest ‘INJURIES!’, ‘DROPPED PASSES!’, ‘INFERIOR PLAY-CALLING!’... That’s what fans do with bad quarterbacks. Burrow, Mahomes, Herbert, you either got it or you don’t, and I don’t see it [with Jordan Love]. CJ Stroud has a defensive coach, a rookie offensive coordinator, rookie play-caller, and missing four offensive linemen... Game one he was viable. Everything was set up to succeed here. Offensive coach, stable organization... You think the Texans were stable for CJ Stroud? You had September 28th to October 9 to prepare for a weak defense, and NOTHING in the first half. I understand the great quarterbacks can do stuff in the second-half off-script, I’ve eliminated that for Jordan Love. That’s off the table. Can he be tier 2? I don’t see it. He’s a backup. You can still win games. Tim Tebow, who is not even an NFL quarterback won seven straight games. He appears to be a backup that doesn’t throw the ball effectively down the field, everybody now has tape, and it’s getting worse. My source told me in the off-season there’s no ‘special’, and he’s a ‘game-manager.’” (Full Segment Above)
Watch Colin Cowherd explain why he thinks ‘backup quarterback’ is the most likely future for Packers signal-caller Jordan Love, as Colin says the reality of Love’s shortcomings are starting to rear their ugly head for a flat-lining Packers team coming off a pathetic loss to lowly Las Vegas.
Check out the segment above as Colin details why even the the overly-optimistic diehard Packers has to admit that Love isn’t going to be anything resembling the next Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers.
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