Green Bay Packers: Colin Cowherd Has Changed His Tune in Regards to Quarterback Jordan Love.
When the Green Bay Packers traded Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets to pave the way for Jordan Love to take over as the starting quarterback, they were met with a great deal of criticism. Love, a first round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, was not a finished product when he first came into the NFL. In fact, the Packers stashed him away on their practice squad for his entire rookie season.
Despite showing flashes of brilliance when he did play in 2022, many were not confident that he had reached the point necessary to be a good starting quarterback in the NFL. One of the loudest critics of Love and the Packers at the time of the trade was national sports host Colin Cowherd.
Colin Cowherd Claimed Green Bay Packers Quarterback Jordan Love Was Not Special
“Less than seven yard per completion. Less than five yard per attempt. What am I supposed to make of it? Well, what I make of it is that the biggest throw of the game, clean pocket, wide open tight end, and he missed it badly.
“Bro, it’s year four in the NFL. That’s a layup. That’s bad. I know you say, ‘But what about this and what about that?’ They are handholding him! That is a third down, clean pocket, bad miss for a college quarterback.
“He is what I was told throughout the offseason that I thought he would be: he’s a game manager. There’s no special there.
“You can say what you want about Justin Fields at 5
