2 former Packers quarterbacks supply up beneficial recommendation for Jordan Love

Two former Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterbacks provided some recommendation for Jordan Love as he takes over for Aaron Rodgers.

Jordan Love has a tough task forward of him as he takes over for an all-time nice. Aaron Rodgers might very effectively be the perfect quarterback in franchise historical past, forward of even Brett Favre and Bart Starr. Rodgers is unquestionably probably the most gifted.

Nonetheless, No. 12 is now No. 8 in New York, taking part in for a brand new group within the Jets. The Packers vowed to maneuver on with Love as their beginning signal-caller, a participant they drafted with their first-round decide in 2020 with the complete intent of getting the Utah State product take over for Rodgers.

Now, there’s no means Inexperienced Bay normal supervisor Brian Gutekunst might’ve seen Rodgers back-to-back MVPs coming shortly thereafter, however father time ultimately got here for Rodgers as they do all the greats.

Packers quarterbacks have recommendation for Jordan Love

As Love takes on this great problem, former Packers QBs Lynn Dickey and Don Majkowski provided up some recommendation, by way of the Wisconsin State Journal.

Dickey, for one, inspired Like to let unfastened and never fear a lot about turning the ball over.

“With these interceptions, (then-head coach) Bart Starr would inform me, ‘Hey, don’t fear about throwing the picks. When you don’t throw 4 touchdowns, we don’t have a prayer of profitable anyway,’” Dickey recalled. “And I went, ‘Properly, that’s encouraging.’”

Dickey threw 29 interceptions in arguably his greatest season in 1983, when he led the league in passing and passing touchdowns.

Majkowski, in the meantime, had a extra restricted expertise beginning in a strike-laden season for the Packers. Nonetheless, he remembers what it was like for him as a younger quarterback embracing the offense for the primary time.

“I bear in mind my rookie 12 months — clearly, clearly bear in mind — and studying the professional offense took every part I had (mentally),” Majkowski mentioned. “I used to be simply completely satisfied to be within the huddle and be capable of name the play correctly, name the formation, get the movement appropriate, get the snap rely proper, and know the place my first main receiver was. That was about as a lot as I knew my rookie 12 months. And if the primary man wasn’t open, I used to be jetting. I used to be getting out of the pocket.”

Fortunately, Love is coming into his fourth season, so he should have a good understanding primarily based on his restricted beginning expertise.