Jordan Love’s Case for 2026 TBT Offensive MVP

Well this is a case where Jordan Love has bounced back from an average quarterback to becoming one of the NFL’s lead offensive assassins… an MVP. Last season we saw enigmatic play that carried into this year. An uninspired leader who seemed hesitant to pull the trigger and began this season in the same funk.

I even wrote a not so glowing assessment last December on The Truth About J0rdan Love.

However, something happened on the way to Green Bay’s week 5 game against NFC North leading Chicago Bears, In my estimation if the Packers lost that game with Caleb Williams out with an injury, Coach LaFleur would be out of a job as they were staggering with a 2-2 record.  Love had been knocked off kilter when the Bears had taken their lunch money in the late season loss which wrapped up the division for Chicago. Then a wildcard loss a few weeks later.

Well…

All of a sudden Love started playing free with something to prove and started dialing it up deep. He hit Christian Watson on a 42 yard bomb to open the scoring and hasn’t looked back.

Love just had his signature game on the road against the defending AFC Champion New England Patriots. With the entire stadium in a festive mood, commemorating their 2016 Super Bowl LI championship, Love shut the entire stadium up in the 1st quarter. Haymaker after haymaker and the Packers had a stunning 17-0 lead. Shellshocked the Patriots staggered to the finish in a 45-27 loss that had Tom Brady in the booth waxing philosophical.

For the 1st time since his 2023 coming out playoff game in Dallas, Love has been on the attack and has taken control of games early in this 4-1 record these last 5 games.

Take a quick look:

• 1st 4 games: 87 of 154 for 1,041 yds 8TDs 3 Ints  *6.75 yards per attempt*
• last 5 games: 121 of 187 for 1,498 yds 9TDs 3 Ints *8.01 yards per attempt*

In my article last year “Lie Behind Passer Rating” I showed you a QB needs to be over 7.5 yards per attempt for a legitimate chance at the Super Bowl. Remember? Then 2 months later #1 & #2 faced off a month later in Super Bowl LX. Check the highlighted column…

It sounds like an exaggeration but the Packers are #1 in the league with pass plays over 20 yards. Twenty seven have come in this 5 game stretch. Right now Watson (49 rec. 879 yds. 7TDs) and Matthew Golden (53 rec. 783 yds. 5TDs) are on pace to be the 2nd set of receivers to go for more than 1,400 yards each.

The only duo to do that in NFL history is Herman Moore & Brett Perriman in 1995 when they had the #1 offense.

Love had Golden and Watson blister Pro Bowl CB Christian Gonzalez to the tune of 17 rec. 335 yards 2 TDs with both having caught passes on over 40 yards each. When you get blistered so bad the media requests to talk to you… yikes

Well someday in the future we’re going to hear of a meeting, a practice, a heart to heart between Love and his receivers or LaFleur… something happened.

He certainly shut The Chancellor up and I’m updating my information… That was then and this is now and he is on a blistering pace to a 5,000 yard season. He has been without RB Josh Jacobs and defensive terrorist Micah Parsons. Everything has fallen squarely on his shoulders and he has played the best football of his career.

I’ve heard media pushing for Brock Purdy but his case isn’t as strong. In 8 games he has 1,980 yards to Love’s 2,539 yards in 9. Well if this Sunday he can throw for 559 yards he can get ahead of Love. Keep in mind the NFL record is 554 yards by Hall of Famer Norm Van Brocklin in 1951 sooooooooo…. yeah Purdy will remain a good distance behind.

Jordan Love…. what do you have for an encore?