The Green Bay Packers edged out a 35-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers during a high-profile Week 8 “Sunday Night Football” matchup over the weekend, showing that Green Bay has an MVP-level quarterback in Jordan Love, who out-dueled former Packers legend Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers.
Now, Love is getting some recognition for his massive game against the Steelers.
Love was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his showing during Sunday’s win. This marks the third time Love has earned the award. Previously, he received the honor during Weeks 17 and 18 of the 2023 season.
During the Packers’ riveting comeback win over Pittsburgh, Love completed 29 of 37 passes for 360 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions to earn a career-high passer rating of 134.2. He also tied Brett Favre’s 18-year-old franchise record, notching 20 straight completions from the second quarter to the fourth quarter.
Before the showdown, Love’s career best was 11 straight completions, according to NFL research.
“I thought it was really impressive because he was making some high-level throws down the field,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur on Monday regarding Love’s stellar showing, according to the team’s official website. “We were pushing the ball from early on in the game down the field. We didn’t connect on a couple of those, but I thought all in all, he did a great job.
“He was in complete command of the game, made a couple of off-schedules. He played really, really well.”
The milestones don’t end there. According to the Packers, Love is the first quarterback in franchise history to reach a bevy of marks in one game: 350-plus passing yards, three-plus passing TDs, zero interceptions, zero sacks, 75-plus completion percentage and 9.5-plus yards per attempt.
Love also joined Rodgers and Favre (twice) as the sole Green Bay quarterbacks with 350-plus passing yards, no interceptions and no sacks in a single game.
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Even though Love and Rodgers were opponents on Sunday, ahead of the matchup, Love talked about the brotherhood that the two share.
“Coming into it, obviously, I never knew what to expect, but Aaron was great to me all three years,” Love said, according to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. “We shoot each other a text every now and then. A lot of it is just saying good luck throughout the season. A-Rod texted me and was talking about some of the plays we’d run and some of my footwork, things like that, complimenting me, so obviously it’s great to be able to hear from him.”
The Packers’ next game is Sunday, Nov. 2 against the Carolina Panthers.
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