Healthy again, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love wants to be a more creative playmaker on off-schedule plays in 2025.
Love told Kevin Clark of ESPN that accuracy is a big emphasis coming out of the 2024 season, but he also wants to do more off-schedule playmaking now that his knee and groin injuries are healed. ”Create more plays, and make more off-schedule plays and use my legs more when things break down,” Love said.
Love injured his knee in Week 1 and missed two games, and later injured his groin in late October. The two leg injuries limited his ability to break contain of the pocket and find plays outside of structure — a big part of his game as an athletic, big-play-hunting passer.
“I wasn’t creating as many off schedule plays last season,” Love said. “Obviously I was dealing with some injuries and different things like that, but I think that’s a big part of my game that I got to get back into.”
Love said he is “pushing at practice” to emphasize creating the off-schedule plays. The reps during training camp are important to develop muscle memory and chemistry for himself and his receivers. At many practices this summer, Love has scrambled or found completions outside the pocket on extended plays.
A quarterback who can make plays off schedule can help mitigate the impact of pressure and turn empty plays into positive ones. While Love was terrific at avoiding sacks last season, his mobility — and possibly his accuracy too — was affected by the injuries.
The 2025 season is a fresh start, and Love wants to take a step forward.
“It’s just taking that next step, continuing to keep growing myself and finding ways to get better and keep improving on things,” Love said. “A big focus for me is just the consistency. Trying to be the best player I can be every play with my footwork and accuracy…just build the little things and keep stacking.”
You can hear more from Love with Clark below:
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Reporting by Zach Kruse, Packers Wire / Packers Wire
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