Jordan Love was almost perfect in his playoff start. The Packers quarterback has one of the best passer scores in NFL history.
Even though his passer rating was just a little off, Jordan Love might have had a great playoff start. Love threw for 157.2 yards, which helped the Packers beat the Cowboys and become the first No. 7 seed in NFL history to win.
After going 16 of 21 for 272 yards, three touchdowns, and no picks in his first NFL playoff game, Love led the Green Bay Packers to a huge win over the Cowboys in Dallas.
Love tied with C.J. Stroud (who had a 157.2 rating on Saturday) with the fourth-highest passer rating in an NFL playoff game ever.
A better score was earned by Terry Bradshaw (158.3 in 1976), Peyton Manning (158.3 in 2003), and Josh Allen (157.6 in 2021).
Love and Stroud had the same number of completions, tries, scores, and passer ratings. In Love’s playoff start, Stroud had two more yards, but Love had 274.
The most yards a Packers quarterback has ever gotten in the playoffs is 13, which Love got on each carry.
They tied the record for the second-most points ever scored in a playoff game played away from home with 48.
The only team that scored additional points in a playoff game on the road was the Chicago Bears in 1940, who beat the New York Giants 73-0 in the National Football League Championship Game.
If the Packers had kept Love in the game for Sean Clifford in the fourth quarter, he would have had a perfect passer rating of 158.3. However, Love threw an incomplete pass.
Love has thrown 35 scores in the inaugural year as a starter at quarterback, which includes the playoffs. The only people with more in NFL history are Patrick Mahomes (53), Kurt Warner (49), and Daunte Culpepper (36).
The Packers, whose average age is 25 years and 214 days, became the youngest team in playoff history with their win. Love made history with his first playoff start. Green Bay looks like it will have a great future.
Love threw for 272 yards on 16 of 21 attempts in his first NFL playoff game, which the Green Bay Packers blew out over the Dallas Cowboys.
He also threw three scores and no picks. Love threw for 157.2 yards, which helped the Packers beat the Cowboys and become the first No. 7 seed in NFL history to win.
The Green Bay Packers got off to a fast start and beat the Dallas Cowboys 48–32 on the road in the NFC playoff wild-card round on Sunday. This coming week, the Packers will play the 49ers during the divisional round.
At halftime, Green Bay was ahead 27–7 over Dallas. They didn’t let up, scoring 21 points within the second half, mostly thanks to running back Aaron Jones (115 yards and three scores) and quarterback Jordan Love (157.2 throw rating).
In the first play of the game, the Packers went 67 yards on 12 plays and scored the first of the running back Aaron Jones’ three touchdowns.
He scored his second after Jaire Alexander picked off a pass, which put the Packers on the Dallas 19-yard mark.
Love made it 20-0 with a touchdown pass of 20 yards to receiver Dontayvion Wicks. The score came at the end of a 10-play, 93-yard drive.
In the second half, Love also led wide Romeo Dobbs to a touchdown and tight end Luke Musgrave to a score.
The Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 48–32 in an NFC wild-card playoff game on Sunday. Love and the Packers have been playing great football for the last month, and this game was no different.
Up until the last pass, Love had a perfect passer rating, so he gets the game ball for the weekly six-pack of awards.
There was no reason for Jordan Love to be the better quarterback in this game. The Most Valuable Player award could go to Dak Prescott. The winner will be told before the Super Bowl.
Love was a new quarterback who was going to play in his first playoff game. Since the NFL changed to seven teams a few years ago, No. 2 seeds have never lost to a No. 7 seed. They had won 16 straight games at home.