An ESPN quarterback analyst has questioned whether the Green Bay Packers will fully free their starter, Jordan Love, from restrictions as training camp opens.
Dan Orlovsky drew attention Tuesday to a notable statistical contrast from the 2025 season involving the team’s aerial attack.
“The 2025 Packers generated the 3rd-most EPA on dropbacks (behind Patriots & Rams) despite registering the 4th-fewest dropbacks in the NFL (551). Is this going to be the year the @packers lets Jordan Love play without training wheels? If not now, when?”
Orlovsky’s observation underscores how productive the Packers proved when they handed the ball to Jordan Love on passing plays.
Green Bay ranked among the league leaders in expected points added per dropback even while logging one of the lowest totals of such plays.
Love completed a career-best 66.3 percent of his attempts for 3,381 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions across 15 starts. He also posted a personal-high passer rating of 101.2, according to league data.
Those efficiency marks stood in sharp contrast to his 2023 campaign, when he attempted 579 passes over 17 games and threw for 4,159 yards with 32 scores.
The lower volume last season left the Packers with middling rankings in conventional output measures. They averaged 212.8 passing yards per game, good for 17th in the NFL, and scored 23.0 points per contest to rank 16th.
The running game offered steady but unspectacular support. Josh Jacobs rushed for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns at 4.0 yards per carry, helping the team finish 15th in rushing yards per game.
Love’s heaviest workload of the year came in the postseason, when he attempted 46 passes for 323 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. That effort produced a 103.8 rating in a 31-27 wild-card loss to the Chicago Bears after the Packers surrendered a 21-3 halftime advantage.
The franchise already committed long-term to Love with a four-year, $220 million extension in 2024. It has since locked in key targets Jayden Reed and Christian Watson with deals extending past 2026.
Christian Watson, Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden are the primary receivers heading into camp. Those personnel decisions strengthen the case for expanding Love’s role under coach Matt LaFleur.
The Packers demonstrated clear efficiency on dropbacks without relying on them at a high rate.
Removing any remaining limitations could allow the offense to build on that foundation throughout the 2026 season.
