Jordan Love and Packers offense make strong statement vs. Seahawks
Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers offense's second drive of the preseason ended in a three-and-out, so naturally, Matt LaFleur wanted to see if he could write a better ending to his starting quarterback's preseason. And sure enough, he succeeded. On the very next drive, Love and the Packers offense drove 80-yards down the […]
Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers offense's second drive of the preseason ended in a three-and-out, so naturally, Matt LaFleur wanted to see if he could write a better ending to his starting quarterback's preseason.
And sure enough, he succeeded. On the very next drive, Love and the Packers offense drove 80-yards down the field in 15 plays en route to the first touchdown of the game.
So, instead of Love's preseason ending with a three-and-out, it ended with a three-game streak of a touchdown pass representing the final pass of Love's game.
The drive was so much more about six points, though. As mentioned earlier, the Packers went three-and-out on the previous drive, so to respond with a touchdown on the next drive is big. The offense also converted all four of its third down attempts and they were able to do so because all four attempts were manageable situations in the context that none were longer than 3rd and 3.
That's because Love and the offense played very efficient football on the early downs of the drive. Overall, Love completed 7-of-10 pass attempts for 60-yards and the above touchdown to Christian Watson. Sure, Love underthrew Watson on what would've been a deep touchdown, but in his defense, there were some pretty strong winds in his face. Either way, Love also completed his final four passes for 40 of his 60 passing yards and added a five-yard scramble at one point.
Once the Packers got in the red zone, it took them just two plays to get into the end zone, which was obviously impressive considering how much harder it is to move the ball once teams get inside their opponent's 20-yard line.
It's a great way for Love and the Packers offense to end the preseason and it's certainly going to leave plenty of outsiders excited to see what happens in Week 1 against the Chicago Bears.
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