Jordan Love and Matt LaFleur detail craziest play of the Packers win over Cardinals
The Green Bay Packers were leading 24-13 against the Arizona Cardinals, it was late in the third quarter. Jordan Love identified something the Cardinals defense hadn’t shown this season, and there was little time to adjust. The quarterback made what he could before the play clock hit zero, and the pressure from a cover 0 […]
The Green Bay Packers were leading 24-13 against the Arizona Cardinals, it was late in the third quarter. Jordan Love identified something the Cardinals defense hadn’t shown this season, and there was little time to adjust.
The quarterback made what he could before the play clock hit zero, and the pressure from a cover 0 worked for Arizona. Love drifted in the pocket and threw it up in the air.
Mercifully for the Packers, wide receiver Romeo Doubs made Love’s trust pay off, winning a one-on-one adjusting his route to catch his second touchdown of the afternoon.
“That touchdown pass to Rome was not a very good playcall,” Matt LaFleur admitted. “They had a cover 0, and Jordan just kept drifting, drifting, drifting. He threw one up to him. That's just guys out there making plays.”
Jordan Love has been super aggressive this season — and it had bad results sometimes. But during the Cardinals game, Love had been cleaner, taking what was there. In this play, he decided to trust Doubs. When it’s an eventual risk, it might pay off. And it did on this attempt.
“They went all out, it's a look we kinda haven't seen from them,” Love said after the game. “They did a good job with that. The extra defender was right on the right side, and Romeo was running a double move on the outside.”
With the pressure getting into his face, Jordan Love had to make a quick decision, and that’s why he threw and allowed Doubs to have a chance.
“I knew I wasn't gonna be able to escape, so I trusted Rome and threw him up one,” Love added. “It was one-on-one and he made a great play to be able to catch it and finish it in the endzone. Great play by Rome right there.”
Sometimes, Jordan Love is a chaotic player. But it’s for the good and for the bad. In this case, it was a decisive play to help Green Bay, and it consolidated a big offensive performance.
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