“Never seen anything like it,” says Colin Cowherd of Jordan Love’s rise to fame.
Packers QB Jordan Love would have had a perfect passing rating in his first playoff game if he hadn’t thrown a pass that was incomplete late in the fourth quarter of their 48-32 win at Dallas on Sunday.
As Green Bay gained a 27-0 lead, Love stayed calm and led the Pack down the playing surface on their first drive for a big touchdown. He finished the night with three touchdowns.
This was by far the most surprising result of Super Wild Card Weekend so far. It was also a huge change for Love after a rough middle part of the season that made many doubt his dependability as a starter.
“I have never seen in my life an in-season improvement by a quarterback never like Jordan Love,” Cowherd told “The Herd.” He completed 16 of 21 passes, threw for 272 yards, and only missed five. This gave him a QB rating of 157.2.
“Can’t play from Week 8 here on October 29 against the Vikings. Not able to play. The coaches were mean to him shortly after the game. He’s better than Aaron Rodgers, you know.
I think Matt LaFleur is doing a great job. In his last nine games, he has thrown 21 touchdowns and one interception.
Completing more than 71% of his throws. Athleticism, self-assurance, and accuracy. That makeover for bye-week is crazy.
“That’s something I’ve never seen before.” Now, this is what good offensive coaches do via their young quarterbacks all the time.
I’m not making this up. He costs less than Aaron. He’s better at sports than Aaron. He gets along better with his young targets than Aaron does. Also, let’s add this. He might be able to throw it farther.
“Before the bye, he completed 55% of his passes, which is about the same as Tim Tebow. He had a 77 passer rating.”
He has a 106 passer rating and a 68 completion percentage after the bye week, which is like Favre when he was at his best.
Green Bay does this, and then you add the pick that has these tight ends or corners. It’s not just Dallas that played badly. That’s not all this is. “Green Bay is a trouble spot.”
Olsen said, “I can’t praise Matt LaFleur enough.” “The job he did as a coach this year, not just on offense but with this whole young team as well, getting them through some rough times.” It was already a big deal for them to make the playoffs, let alone do the things they did yesterday.
“We had him through Week 1 in Chicago,” he thought. “In Week 1, he looked like a real guy.” After that, we didn’t see him once more until Thanksgiving. Up until Thanksgiving, there had been some signs that things were getting better.
He was starting to make more passes downfield and put everything together with the young guys he was playing with.
When we left that Thanksgiving Day game, we thought, “I don’t know how far they’ll get, yet this guy can play.” Our crew said before yesterday’s game, “This feels like Thanksgiving everywhere again.”
The team that was at home was the talk of the league. Now comes Green Bay. They’re young and untested. They aren’t ready for this, and then they cruise to victory.”…that kid is a total stud.”
There were no longer any doubts about whether Love might become the next quarterback for the Packers. Some people still doubt his ability to lead themselves to a deep playoff run.
Cowherd said, “I have never seen a quarterback improve so much during the season like Jordan Love.”
As Green Bay opened a 27-0 lead, Love stayed calm and led the Pack down the field on their first drive for a big touchdown. He finished the night with three touchdowns.