Time is now for Jordan Love to make his move
Facing an old friend, the new face of the Green Bay Packers has a chance to make a statement. This is a massive night for Jordan Love in Pittsburgh.
They were horrified of the great unknown. Aaron Rodgers remained one of the finest quarterbacks in the sport, so Aaron Rodgers called the shots. The Green Bay Packers were A-OK letting their star quarterback drag their good name through the mud via trusted surrogates and minions the summer of 2021.
He wanted the GM fired. He finally returned.
He won another MVP. He disappeared in the playoffs vs. San Francisco.
Rather than seek a bounty of draft picks — Russell Wilson netted a king’s ransom that same spring — Green Bay made Rodgers the sport’s richest quarterback. And after a painfully lethargic 2022 season, the Packers finally moved on. Go Long first reported their intentions. Ready or not, it was Jordan Love Time.
On Sunday night, the two quarterbacks will square off at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.
To his credit, Steelers Rodgers looks much better than Jets Rodgers. He’s got his team in the AFC North driver’s seat and looked damn good in defeat last week in Cincinnati. Surely, many Packers fans will wax nostalgic. Despite all emotions, despite the darkness retreat, despite all the shots on McAfee through an ultra-messy exit, Rodgers will go down as a beloved figure. On Thursday, he insinuated that he’ll retire a Packer one day. Perhaps the mayor finds an alley way to name after him.
But there’s exactly zero doubts.
GM Brian Gutekunst made the 100-percent correct decision to draft Love in 2020.
The Packers organization made the 100-percent correct decision to trade Rodgers in 2023. Their only mistake, as advocated in these pages, was trading him too late.
Jordan Love — for all gifts, all warts — is absolutely talented enough to get this Packers team to a Super Bowl. And win it.
Sunday night has the potential to catapult his young career.
This will be a signature moment.