Packers Urged to Replace Jordan Love With Rising QB for 2024
The Green Bay Packers are seeing progress from starting quarterback Jordan Love, but the latest NFL rumors have them making a change next offseason and moving up in the 2024 NFL draft to select a new franchise quarterback.
Following Week 10’s slate of Sunday games, Bleacher Report declared the quarterback position to be one of the biggest weaknesses on the Packers’ current roster and urged them to consider making a change away from Love during next spring’s NFL draft — if they have the gall to move up in the first round and select North Carolina’s Drake Maye.
“Jordan Love hasn’t inspired much confidence that he can be the Packers’ quarterback of the future and the organization can recoup some of the money he’s owed for next season with a post-June 1 release in the offseason,” BR’s NFL staff wrote on November 13. “While the Cheeseheads would likely have to move up to get Maye in the draft, the Tar Heel might just be worth the investment.”#
The Packers (3-6) would hold the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 draft if the season ended today, but Maye has been rising up the rankings over the course of the year and could potentially push USC’s Caleb Williams for the right to go No. 1 overall. While other quarterbacks could interest them in the first round, the Packers would likely need to trade up — or lose out — to land one of the top two prospects in the class.
Jordan Love Has Not Solidified Long-Term Future
Questions about Love’s long-term future with the Packers are valid. He has shown signs of growth throughout their troubled 2023 campaign, but there have also been several instances where his decision-making and accuracy have landed the team in trouble.
Through nine starts in 2023, Love has completed just 58.7% of his passes (176 of 300), which ranks worst among quarterbacks who have played at least six games this season. Despite his 12 touchdown passes, he has also thrown a league-high 10 interceptions, tying him with New England’s Mac Jones despite playing one fewer game than him.
