Jordan Love, Packers not shying away from high expectations in 2023

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Few NFL organizations will be going through as big a transition as the Green Bay Packers, having lost quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the offseason. But expectations remain high in Green Bay as the transition to Jordan Love begins.

How high? Well, anything short of the playoffs is usually a considerable disappointment.

“Being a Green Bay Packer, there’s always very high expectations from the organization, from the guys who’ve been here before,” quarterback Jordan Love said Saturday on the NFL Network. “Nothing changes.”

Love will be taking over for Rodgers, and suffice it to say he’ll have his work cut out for him.

Rodgers threw for more than 59,000 yards with 475 touchdowns in his 18 seasons in Green Bay before departing. He was a four-time league MVP, a four-time first-team All-Pro and a 10-time Pro Bowler.

He did it all.

Jordan Love’s experience, by comparison, is shockingly thin. The Green Bay Packers drafted Love in the first round in 2020 out of Utah State, making him the heir apparent to Rodgers.

The former Utah State star has appeared in 10 career games in two years, making just one start. He’s 50-of-83 passing for 606 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. He’s not much of a running threat.

Those expectations? Jordan Love is doing his best not to let them weigh on him.

“We have a young team but I look at it as a fresh start, fresh start for everybody to kind of go out there and make a name for themselves and become the player they want to be,” Jordan Love said. “But the expectations are still high. Nothing’s changing.”

Green Bay went 8-9 in 2022, missing the playoffs for the first time in four years.

The Packers made the playoffs 11 times in the 14 seasons Rogers was a full-time starter prior to last season. The organization reached six conference title games under Rodgers’ leadership and won a Super Bowl during the 2010 season.

So yeah, expectations are going to be high for Jordan Love and the Packers going into a new era. No pressure.