Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love emerges from the tunnel at Lumen Discipline, heading towards the sector as warmups start earlier than a street matchup with Seattle. On Dec. 15, 2024, Love joins his teammates for closing preparations whereas Inexperienced Bay settles into the stadium and readies to face the Seahawks below the prime-time lights. Obligatory Credit score: Steven Bisig-Imagn Photos.
NFL gamers collectively consider that Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is the 72nd-best participant within the enterprise. Most take any consideration contained in the High 100 as a token of respect, however that’s simply not the case in PackerLand.
Varied types of Packers-themed media and Love’s teammate, Micah Parsons, took situation with the “low” rating this week.
Inexperienced Bay Believes No. 72 Undersells Love’s Ceiling
Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love releases a cross over Arizona linebacker Jordan Burch at State Farm Stadium, following the ball because it travels downfield throughout second-half motion. On Oct. 19, 2025, Love retains the offense shifting late within the recreation whereas Inexperienced Bay battles the Cardinals and searches for one more scoring alternative. Obligatory Credit score: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Photos.
NFL Gamers: Love Ranks 72nd
It’s No. 72 for Love, as NFL.com counts down the league’s finest gamers based mostly on annual polling. Mike Spofford did the honors: “Packers quarterback Jordan Love has made the NFL’s “Top 100 Players” for a 3rd straight yr, coming in at No. 72. Love was ranked No. 68 a yr in the past and No. 34 in 2024 on the record that’s voted on by the gamers themselves.”
“Last season, Love set career highs in completion percentage (66.3) and passer rating (101.2) while throwing his fewest interceptions in a season (six) since taking over as Green Bay’s starting quarterback. He’s one of only three QBs in the league with 80-plus TD passes and fewer than 30 INTs since 2023, joining Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson and the L.A. Rams’ Matthew Stafford.”
Baltimore Ravens extensive receiver Zay Flowers checked in a single spot forward of Love at No. 71.
Micah Parsons: Naw
Parsons, who posts on Twitter (X) just a few occasions per thirty days — normally a grievance about one thing — rushed to Love’s protection, tweeting, “71 players in the NFL aren’t better than Jordan Love!”
Love and Parsons have been teammates for slightly below a yr, and Love has evidently earned his respect in that quick interval. Parsons is battling again from a torn ACL and isn’t anticipated to play immediately in 2026 — he’ll be gone for the Vikings-Packers Week 1 showdown — however the tweet illustrated that Love is “his guy.”
The Packers passer ranked second within the NFL final yr per EPA+CPOE, solely bested by Drake Maye of the New England Patriots, and Packers followers completely insist that Love is the actual deal, an argument that Parsons clearly helps.
Maybe Love’s “problem” amongst onlookers and Madden specifically is that he isn’t fairly as dominant as his two predecessors, Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre. The usual is excessive in Inexperienced Bay.
A Related Response from Packers Media
The Love conundrum isn’t unique to Parsons’s beef.
DairyLandExpress‘s Dylan Carter wrote Friday, “One healthy season. That’s what it will take for Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love to prove he is who the entire state of Wisconsin thinks he is.”
“One season uninterrupted by injuries to him and his most vital weapons would make Love one of the most obvious risers in the entirety of the NFL at just 27 years old. Love was just announced as one of the players on the NFL Top 100 list for 2026, which marks the second year in a row he has made the cut.”
For now, Love is a sufferer of in style pondering: he hasn’t traveled deep into the playoffs and subsequently isn’t all that nice.
Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love waves to followers at Lambeau Discipline after going through Cincinnati, acknowledging the house crowd as gamers go away the sector following the matchup. On Oct. 12, 2025, Love shares the second with supporters whereas Inexperienced Bay wraps up the afternoon and turns its consideration towards the following week. Obligatory Credit score: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Photos.
“However, Love’s ranking took a slight dip from 68th last year to 72nd in 2026 — a similar result to that of his star running back, Josh Jacobs, who plummeted from the 30s into the late-70s,” Carter continued.
“While there is a strong argument to be made that Jordan Love is slightly underrated by these rankings, there’s an even better case that 2026 is the year he breaks through the noise and finally shows who he really is by breaking into the MVP conversation with his play.”
Lamar Jackson Shaded, Too
In the event you suppose Love’s tumble from 68th to 72nd per the NFL High 100 in a yr was noteworthy, wait till you get a load of Lamar Jackson.
Jackson checked in because the league’s second-best general participant at the moment final yr. In July 2026, his friends ranked him No. 67 — an astounding 65-spot dip. NFL.com’s Bobby Kownack opined, “It was a trying season for the two-time AP NFL Most Valuable Player. He missed three games early due to a hamstring injury and another contest late with a back contusion, and in between didn’t move much like himself.”
“Jackson nonetheless finished the year fourth in passer rating (103.8), higher than seven Pro Bowl or Pro Bowl alternate quarterbacks. Now he hits the reset button under new head coach Jesse Minter with bouncing back in mind. The last time he fell this low in the Top 100 — No. 72 on the 2023 list — Jackson went on to earn two straight No. 2 spots.”
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson warms up at NRG Stadium, loosening his arm and making ready for a Christmas Day matchup towards Houston. On Dec. 25, 2024, Jackson goes by way of his pregame routine whereas Baltimore completes closing preparations and readies for the Texans earlier than the vacation crowd in Houston that Wednesday afternoon. Obligatory Credit score: Thomas Shea-Imagn Photos.
Jackson’s 65-spot plunge made Love’s appear like baby’s play.
Love and the Packers are favored to beat the Vikings by a degree or two in Week 1.
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