Heading into the 2025 NFL season, for the Green Bay Packers all eyes will be on quarterback Jordan Love. Coming off a 2024 season in which he played through knee and groin injuries, Love will be expected to bounce back in a big way for the Packers.
And if Love can play at a high level, which we have seen in spurts over his five-year career, it would be the spark needed for the Packers to get back in Super Bowl contention, a place they haven’t been in 15 years.
Jordan Love to Matthew Golden pic.twitter.com/1seHhfnmTM
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) May 28, 2025
Love enters his 6th season as a pro (3rd as a starter) with expectations to get the Packers back to the playoffs for the third straight season. Green Bay has made the playoffs five times in six seasons under head coach Matt LaFleur. In Love’s first two seasons as a starter, the Packers finished 9-8 and 11-6, making the playoffs as a wild card team both times.
“Talk about the Super Bowl, that’s the goal for us. We talked about that last year and it’s the same message this year. We are trying to win a Super Bowl," Love said to reporters this week at Packers OTA's. "I’m definitely trying to be that guy to take this team and lead them to that.
“When you talk about Aaron and what he did in his third year, I never try to compare because that’s so hard to do. At the end of the day, I’ve been here, going on year 6, my third year playing, everything is right there in front of us. The goal is definitely the Super Bowl, that’s the mindset we have.”
“The goal is a Super Bowl…that’s the mindset we have, and we’re gonna put in the world to be able to get there”
— Jordan Love setting the TONE for Green Bay pic.twitter.com/elPTZlI5VF
— IKE Packers Podcast (@IKE_Packers) May 28, 2025
There are many parallels to Love’s first two seasons as a starter with those of his two predecessors, Brett Favre and Jordan Love.
Brett Favre’s first three seasons as a starter: 1992 (9-7), 1993 (9-7), 1994 (9-7); three wild card appearances, two playoff wins over the Lions in ‘93 and ‘94.
Aaron Rodgers’s first three seasons as a starter: 2008 (6-10), 2009 (11-5), 2010 (10-6); two wild card appearances, four playoff wins (all in 2010, including Super Bowl XLV).
Love’s first two seasons as a starter: 2023 (9-8), 2024 (11-6); two wild card appearances, one playoff win.
"The tape don't lie"@willcolon66 believes Jordan Love and the @packers are elite!😤 pic.twitter.com/KRJBAMzY1T
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) May 5, 2025
In the case of both Favre and Rodgers, they were both in their 6th season in the league when they were able to lead the Packers to Super Bowl titles. The way both of them got there was different.
Favre had back-to-back MVP seasons in 1995 and 1996, his 4th and 5th years as a starting quarterback. In 1996, the Packers were the league’s best team from start to finish, ending with a Super Bowl XXXI win over the New England Patriots.
For Rodgers, he did not have his first MVP season until 2011 (his 4th year as a starter, just like Favre). During the 2010 season, it was not one of his best statistically, as he went through many growing pains for a young quarterback. However, he ended the regular season on a high note, including his second 400-yard passing game in a Week 16 win over the Giants.
In 2025, Love will also be entering his 6th overall season, 3rd as a starter, like Rodgers did in 2010. Can he lead the Packers to the team’s first division championship since 2021? Based on the reports from the team’s OTA’s last weekend, the team is beginning to look more it is Love's team, for the first time in his career.
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