The Green Bay Packers made a firestorm when they traded in the first round to select Jordan Love with the 26th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. The quarterback from Utah State was high on potential, but consensus suggested he was a long way from turning his enormous physical talent into NFL success. So far at Packers training camp, his skeptics have been right.
Love has not been good in camp according to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman:
He hasn’t fallen into the quarterback’s depth map – he was already there at the bottom – but Love has yet to give a glimpse into why the Packers traded to draft him in the first round. No one expected him to take the world by storm in his first nine practices, but every throw he makes looks like a reach pass and he has had some accuracy issues early on.
That does not sound like a man who is almost ready to take over for Aaron Rodgers under center.
During design, the Packers were well positioned to add to a grid that is in win-no mode. Instead, they chose to hand over a fourth-rounder to go up a few spots to select a reserve quarterback. That did not sit well with Rodgers, and he was probably not alone. The Packers made the NFC Championship last season and had immediate holes to fill. They desperately needed a playmaker receiver for Rodgers and failed to add one.
If love does not soon begin to show promise, criticism of its selection will only increase.
