Packers vs. Cowboys NFL Wild Card Game Review | PFF

Packers don't care about rookie contracts if they have a franchise QB... Franchise QBs are worth paying whatever the market sets

Green Bay has the PATIENCE to develop players BECAUSE they don’t have an Owner saying “Win NOW!”

I think if PFF doesn’t score the ‘coffin corner punt’ TD positively, your system is broken. Firstly, look at the difficulty of that throw in terms of body position, throwing against body momentum etc - it took a lot of arm talent to get the ball there at all. Secondly, while I’m supportive of the general principle of ‘ball placement matters for YAC’, that premise breaks against totally blown coverages. Better ball placement there adds no value to the team and is immaterial to the result of the play. It’s the equivalent of awarding an OL a worse score for blocking but not pancaking a defender - ultimately if the OL made the play for the team they needed to, what difference does it make?

Green Bay knows how to DEVELOP a QB. Jordan Love didn't even SEEM stressed at all, he played like a savvy old vet and that is DUE to sitting, watching, learning and being eased into the role so that it was ALL second nature. I think it's a proven method and for some QB's, it's the right method. It seems to me like Dallas was looking past Green Bay, as if they figured they were SO talented that SOMEONE would step up and save them...and no one did. Watching them get BUTCHERED live on television? Fan reactions say it all, these people can no longer keep believing in false messiahs, false signs and wonders and false promises along with false prophets selling them the dream every single year. Sadly, they fall for it, like some PUMP and DUMP scheme to harvest the sorrow. It's crazy.

The only thing I’ll disagree with is you saying Love wasn’t good at the start of the season. It’s a bit disingenuous to say that—I get that you’re speaking from a statistical perspective, but when you watch those early games: there were a lot of drops, pass protection issues, receivers running the wrong routes, conservative play calling etc. I find it hard to categorize his play as either good or bad when the entire offensive unit was stagnant and inept. The development in the rookies and solidification of the offensive line allowed Love to show what he was capable of—and I believe he was capable of this all season. They just needed all the pieces to grow together. It isn’t Love just “flipping the switch”—give him more credit.

Love that these guys are just completely incapable of complimenting the Packers without mentally contorting themselves until they find a way to hedge. Love looked great! Let's spend 20 minutes examining all the way the Packers maybe actually screwed that up instead. Love was a super raw 2nd or 3rd round prospect, but hey maybe they wasted 3 years by sitting him because now that he's ready to play he's progressed quickly. AND they maybe left a super bowl on the table because they didn't draft Aiyuk instead... who was already picked when they took Love. And they were "surprised" he was good because they opened up the play book mid season? Love wasn't the only player on offense developing. Maybe the play book wasn't all about him and what he could handle? Maybe it was the receivers who were running the wrong routes half the time? The tight ends who were running the wrong routes and missing blocking assignments? The offensive linemen who were missing assignments?

Saying the Packers didn’t believe in him… They drafted him round 1 with prime Aaron Rodgers on the roster. Why would they have no faith in that evaluation of talent before the season started? Sam concludes this from them signing him to a reasonable contract as oppose to a multi year deal for a QB that hadn’t started more than a few games. PFF is a hard listen sometimes

Both of these scrubs said jordan love sucked for years

Love grew 9 inches from his junior year high school to his senior year of college. That’s why it’s taken him longer to develop than most. But he’s arrived.

The real score was 48-16

Jordan Love, Aaron Jones and the rest of the kids are fantastic!!

The Packers missed out on Super Bowls by not taking hometown TJ Watt, trading down and taking Kevin King instead.

They talk about "sitting" the QB as if that's all that's required. GB have QB coach Tom Clements and had a HoF QB for Love to learn from. Plus not having an egotistical, billionaire owner breathing down your neck expecting instant results must be a bonus too. Rodgers learned from Favre and some of those things were visible in his game. Then he developed some stuff of his own too. Now Love already has some of thosed combined nuances of both if them that he's picked up from Rodgers.

Packer's fans didn't believe Love could be this good? C'mon man, so many of us were believers early season just needed the team to get rid of their jitters/nerves. They did and now they're balling.

lol. Jordan love wouldn’t have been like THIS after 8 weeks in 2020. He needed this time to sit.

I see Sam is still oddly salty about Jordan being good 😂

Saying nobody knew is bull shit. Maybe not that many but I was screaming from a mountain top that Love was going to be great. Dont project....YOU didn't know

Commented this on the main video, but I figured I needed to add it here too. The Packers never had the chance to draft Aiyuk. The receivers linked to Green Bay before the 2020 draft were Chase Claypool and Denzel Mims. Guys like Tee Higgins and Michael Pittman did not meet the athletic measurables the Packers want at receiver. If we took a receiver in round 1 over Love, it would have been a disaster.

The Packers have a system that may not work for everyone, but it works for them. The key phrase for their management team is "long term," which is a really smart way for any business to be run. There comes a time when your star is going to retire or move on - and he should. Good management doesn't react to that, it plans for it. GB management knew Rogers was going to move and that it was in the best interest of everyone to have a lot of his comfortable classmates move with him, all past honors notwithstanding. GB gave Rogers an extra year and lived with the results because they not only had Love, they also had a lot of other young guys and picks coming in. Decisions in GB aren't the result of media pressure or martini lunches with buddies. They're results-based. Easy in theory. Not so much in the real world. GB fans love and appreciate Rogers. But they also know management is well, managing.

Matt Lafluer id do underrated and it’s about time he’s in the conversation for coach of the year