This season, the Green Bay Packers surprised everyone—aside from themselves. Despite their sad divisional round loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night, they nevertheless greatly exceeded expectations in 2023. Most significantly, they learned that Jordan Love is their third consecutive franchise quarterback.
With 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, and a completion percentage of 64.2%, Love concluded the regular season. In addition, he had a QBR of 62.0 and a pass rating of
96.1. In their debut seasons leading the Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers both had worse completion percentages than any of these:
Having saying that, Love’s season was far from ideal. There was, in fact, a lot to learn.