Revenge Mode: Jordan Love’s Revenge Game: Why He’ll Thrive Against the 49ers
It has been a tough season for Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Not only has he struggled with injuries, but he’s also been plagued by an interception streak. He is tied for the league lead in picks despite having played in two fewer games than the other two quarterbacks on top of that list (Patrick Mahomes and Geno Smith).
These struggles are uncharacteristic of Love if you’re going off the stretch of games last season that saw him throw 18 touchdowns compared to one interception. It is less surprising if you use his performance against the San Francisco 49ers in last season’s NFC Divisional round playoff game as a barometer, though. He threw two picks in that game, including one that ultimately cost the Packers a shot at getting the win.
Love recently admitted that he’s been stewing on that game all offseason, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. His tremendous performance against the Dallas Cowboys in the 2023 playoffs — he threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns with a 157.2 passer rating in that 48-32 win — was all but erased because of his two massive mistakes against the 49ers.
“I think just ending the season, getting into the playoffs and being knocked out by the 49ers — whoever it would have been — that game is definitely going to sit with you. That’s what you’ve got to kind of just sit with all offseason, is going back, watching that game, trying to see what you could have done better, could have done differently in that game,” Love explained. “It definitely sits with you through the offseason, and then you obviously move on. Just knowing that that’s the team that knocked us out, we’re definitely hungry for this game.”
Love says the Packers are hungry, and you know he wants to get revenge on the 49ers. Here are three reasons why he will.
