Jordan Love

Career StatsB+

Year	Team	GP	Yards	TD	INT	RTG
Career		57	11,535	83	31	96.8
2025		15	3,381	23	6	101.2
2024		15	3,389	25	11	96.7

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

The Packers' $55M AAV extension for Jordan Love represents a slight overpay that earns a C CVI, reflecting the premium Green Bay paid to secure their post-Aaron Rodgers franchise quarterback. Love's above-average starter production doesn't quite justify elite quarterback money, but the Packers were essentially bidding against themselves after his promising 2023 campaign showed flashes of franchise-caliber potential. At 25 years old, Love enters his prime with four years to prove he can elevate his game to match this contract's expectations, though the $100.8M in guaranteed money creates significant risk if his development plateaus. The deal's structure mirrors other recent quarterback extensions, but the Packers are betting heavily on upside rather than established excellence. This represents the modern NFL reality where teams must pay quarterback market rates based on potential rather than proven elite production, making it a necessary gamble that could look brilliant or costly depending on Love's trajectory over the next two seasons.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Jordan's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Jordan Love enters his sixth NFL season as Green Bay's unquestioned franchise quarterback, having shed the Aaron Rodgers shadow to establish himself as a legitimate starter. Earning a B+ overall grade, Love profiles as a solid above-average signal-caller with clear upside still unrealized. His career 96.8 passer rating and 64.3% completion rate reflect a player who has grown steadily since taking full ownership of the offense. This season, Love's 101.2 passer rating sits comfortably above the NFL average of 87.8, and his 7.70 yards per attempt meaningfully clears the league average of 6.73. His 66.3% completion rate is right at average, suggesting accuracy in structure but occasional breakdowns under pressure. The concern worth monitoring is his TD rate at 5.24%, solid but well short of elite territory near 8.28%, indicating Love hasn't yet unlocked a true vertical passing game consistently. His recent season grades tell a nuanced story — a C+ in 2023, a dip to C in 2024, and a return to C+ in 2025 — suggesting a player who plateaued rather than ascended. Love's floor is firmly established; his ceiling depends on whether Green Bay's offensive infrastructure can unlock his arm talent downfield. If he recaptures the best stretches of his 2023 breakout while reducing turnover-prone sequences, a legitimate Pro Bowl trajectory remains well within reach.

How Jordan Compares at the Position

Jordan Love ranks 14th of 106 graded quarterbacks by performance. That slots Jordan between Aaron Rodgers (B+) just ahead and C.j. Stroud (B+) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Jordan Love enters the 2026 season with an A- public sentiment grade — one of the stronger narrative positions a quarterback can hold heading into a new year, particularly for a 27-year-old who is still building his legacy. The driving force behind that perception is straightforward: head coach Matt LaFleur's vocal endorsement of Love as the essential engine of the offense, combined with widespread coverage framing the Packers as an organization actively constructing assets around their quarterback rather than auditing his fit, signals genuine institutional buy-in that the media has embraced. That sentiment does outpace his B- performance grade, which creates a modest but meaningful gap — Love is viewed as a franchise-caliber cornerstone by most of the coverage, yet his on-field production to this point hasn't fully closed the argument for elite-tier status. The Packers' offseason roster moves are doing real work for his perception: signing Tyrod Taylor as the backup and releasing Desmond Ridder effectively ends any depth-chart conversation before it could start, while the broader draft and free agency activity reinforces the narrative that Green Bay is building a supporting cast rather than hedging on their starter. Bottom line — Love's narrative heading into 2026 is about as healthy as you can ask for a young quarterback without an MVP trophy or a playoff run on the resume, and with the regular season still months away, the cautious optimism surrounding him has every opportunity to harden into genuine conviction before a snap is played.