After a surprise 2023 season, Packers’ Jordan Love offers a daring Super Bowl prediction.
Jordan Love, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, thinks his team can win the championship.
Jordan Love, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, doesn’t see any reason why his club can’t contend for a Super Bowl in 2024. Love is making a daring statement as the football team gets ready for off-season drills.
According to NFL.com, Love stated on The Pivot Podcast, “We’re all very hungry for this upcoming year.” “There is confidence throughout the board. According to the organization, this year’s Super Bowl is a great opportunity to win. Man, those were some really painful chats we had following the 49ers game. We’re going to do this again next year, so try to figure out how to improve.
After leading the squad to a 6-2 record in the team’s final eight games, Love guided the Packers to an unexpected 2023 season. The Packers eventually lost to San Francisco in the Divisional Round of the NFC playoffs, but his arm helped propel the team into the competition. Love threw for 4,159 yards and a 64 percent completion percentage at the end of the season. Along with 11 picks, he threw 32 touchdown passes.
“We’re a youthful squad,” and “those what-ifs” are no longer present,” Love continued. People are aware of our current mission. Of course, we’ll be carrying that target in our arms. People are motivated to defeat us. We’re starving. I am aware that everyone in the locker room is eager to return and is hungry.
After witnessing what Love could accomplish with a full season of experience, there are definitely high expectations in Green Bay. Due to injuries in the defensive backfield this past season, the Packers were also forced to play with a young secondary, starting two rookies at corner and safety in select games.
This offseason, the Packers took a few steps to strengthen that defense. Safety Xavier McKinney, a former player for the New York Giants, was signed by the team. The Packers acquired Josh Jacobs, a running back, to bolster the offensive line. In his career, Jacobs, a two-time Pro Bowler, has ran for over 5,000 yards. After spending 2019 with the Las Vegas Raiders, he now plays for the Packers.
Though there is competition for the Packers in their division, the pieces are starting to come together. In 2023, the Detroit Lions defeated the 49ers in the NFC Championship game and went on to win the NFC North. Nor is San Francisco going anywhere. Love asserts that his Packers have the same chance as any other NFC team to win the Super Bowl.
Love continued, “I think winning it is the only way to regain that title, so that’s what we’re planning on doing this year.”
Green Bay had a 9–8 record at the end of the 2023 campaign. Love played collegiate football at Utah State before being selected by the Packers in the first round of the 2020 draft.