Cobb knows how vital this offseason work once was for Rodgers. Wideout Randall Cobb is Rodgers’ best friend on the team. “Him not being here, it just means more reps for me and more reps for everybody else in the quarterback room. “I think that’s Aaron’s game plan is, he doesn’t really need this time right now, so I enjoy it,” Love said. And Love is trying to make the most of the additional workload. So, we’ll continue to work with that, with him on every rep that he gets, whether it’s in a game or in practice.”Īlthough Rodgers was given a three-year, $150 million contract extension this offseason - and the Packers’ wide receiver group has been overhauled - the MVP quarterback decided mini-camp wasn’t for him. “With that, I think that’s all you can really do to help him be a consistent player, because I do think the foundation of quarterback play starts with those great fundamentals. “All we try to do is try to coach the quarterback on three things every play: decision making, timing and accuracy,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said that day.
But after Detroit took a 37-30 lead, Love threw a pair of interceptions in the final two minutes while trying to rally the Packers to a win. Love played the entire second half, led the Packers to three scores and gave Green Bay a 30-27 lead with a late 62-yard touchdown pass to Josiah Deguara. Love’s other big chance to shine came in the regular season finale against Detroit. “Obviously not good enough,” Love said of his performance that night. But the Packers were held scoreless until the final five minutes and couldn’t rally back. Love’s final numbers weren’t awful as he completed 19-of-34 for 190 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Love made one start last season when Rodgers was sidelined with COVID and struggled in a 13-7 loss at Kansas City. Love (6-4, 219) has fantastic arm talent, can throw from several arm slots, has nifty touch on deep balls and has extremely large hands (10 ½ inches).īut many of the questions teams had on Love prior to the 2020 draft - decision making, accuracy, anticipation - still exist. Love remains a unique physical talent, one that many NFL scouts believe would have been the first quarterback taken in April’s draft. Whether that’s possible or not remains unclear. So he just said, ‘Take it and run with it.’ ” Favre wasn’t there (in 2007) and he was running the show, OTAs and all that. “Really, he’s told me, just take these reps, act like I’m the guy, be the guy when he’s not here. “Like you said, same situation that he was in. “We’ve talked about that - plenty,” Love said. He was focused on Year 3.Īnd interestingly, it was Rodgers himself who recently explained to Love how his own third-year jump set the stage for his eventual success in Green Bay. And as long as Rodgers is around, Love knows he may never see the field in Green Bay.īut as the Packers continued their voluntary organized team activities this week - one that Rodgers opted not to attend - Love wasn’t worried about his first two seasons. He’s already been labeled a bust by many. Love, a first-round draft pick in 2020, has had two lackluster seasons as Green Bay’s backup. Interestingly, Love is in the exact same position today as Rodgers was back in 2007.
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