The Green Bay Packers are rolling, leading the NFC due to a quality defense and quarterback Jordan Love, who is currently playing like a superstar.
Love owns the 8th-best odds for the NFL’s MVP award heading into Week 9 at plus-1600. Only three players have odds better than plus-1100: those being Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs (plus-150), Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills (plus-350), and second-year signal-caller Drake Maye of the New England Patriots (plus-550).
Love put up his best game of the season in Green Bay’s 35-25 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Sunday Night Football,” during his first ever contest against former Packers starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Love finished the outing with 360 yards and three TDs after connecting on 78.4 percent of his 37 pass attempts.
The victory moved Green Bay to a record of 5-1-1, which is good enough for the top winning percentage in the NFC at the season’s midway point. Love also earned a prestigious honor for his performance, which the league announced via social media on Wednesday, October 29.
“NFC Players of the Week (Week 8),” the NFL captioned a graphic naming Love the winner of the award on the offensive side of the football after he posted a 134.2 pass rating.
Packers’ Wide Receivers Getting Healthy, Which Should Help Jordan Love Continue Elite Play
Love is having a career year from an efficiency standpoint, completing just shy of 71 percent of his 213 pass attempts for the season.
He has amassed 1,798 passing yards and 13 TDs to just 2 INTs. At his current pace and assuming no missed time due to injuries, Love will tie his career high for TD passes with 32 and surpass his career high with 4,366 yards through the air. He will also remain well below the 11 interceptions he threw in both 2023 and 2024, his first two years as an NFL starter.
The Packers offense hasn’t been as explosive as some might have guessed this season, in part due to injuries in the wide receiver room, as well as health issues and some poor play across the offensive line. However, wideout Christian Watson made his season debut against Pittsburgh Sunday, while pass-catcher Jayden Reed is likely to return at some point in November.
Packers Offensive Line Leaps Back Inside Top 10 After Strong Week Against Steelers
The offensive line has had its issues, particularly compared to previous years when it was among the best in the league.
However, the unit jumped back into the top 1o of Pro Football Focus’s rankings, per Zoltán Buday — slotting in at No. 9 overall heading into Week 9.
Green Bay’s offensive line delivered steady play in Week 8 in the team’s win over the Steelers. The unit surrendered eight pressures — including no sacks — on 37 passing snaps on its way to an 89.2 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating, which ranked ninth in the NFL.
The Packers once again rotated at right guard between Sean Rhyan and Jordan Morgan, with both playing at least 29 snaps of a possible 64. Morgan could win the positional battle with the type of play he showed this week. He earned a career-high 83.5 PFF overall grade, powered by an 84.0 PFF pass-blocking grade, as he did not allow a single pressure. Both marks led all Green Bay offensive linemen against Pittsburgh.