One NFL analyst named Jordan Love a "true franchise player" for the Green Bay Packers to build around.
In a Bleacher Report column titled "Ranking the NFL's True Franchise Players for Teams to Build Around Before 2026 Season," NFL analyst Brad Gagnon ranked Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love No. 7.
"Love ranked third in the NFL in QBR, sixth in passer rating and eighth in yards per attempt in his best season yet as a 27-year-old with the Packers in 2025," Gagnon wrote. "He also led a career-high four game-winning drives and fourth-quarter comebacks. It hasn't happened overnight, but the 2020 first-round pick has become a steady and reliable franchise leader three seasons into his career as a starter. It wouldn't be surprising if he were to take a big step forward as that emerging pass-catching corps becomes a bigger asset in Matt LaFleur's offense in 2026."
Love has turned into a solid QB under Matt LaFleur, but the Packers aren't paying Love to be solid. They are paying him to be a superstar. Love signed a four-year, $220 million contract with Green Bay in 2024.
The 27-year-old Love finished last season with 3,381 passing yards and 23 passing touchdowns while completing 66.3% of his passes. The Packers went 9-7-1 and lost to the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round of the 2026 NFL playoffs.
Love enters next season with 11,535 passing yards and 83 passing touchdowns. He's 27-20-1 as a starter.
Love recently revealed the "biggest thing" he's trying to improve in his game. The gunslinger is focused on his footwork moving forward.
"My biggest thing that I've noticed since I got back is just my feet in the pocket, trying to be as smooth and consistent as possible," Love said. "When I go through my reads, get into my hitches and not getting antsy, not getting to that point where you're trying to move through the pocket too fast. Just staying calm, staying relaxed, move through my reads. If I've gotta move around in the pocket, keeping those movements pretty tight and not kind of running into where guys might be peeling off and able to hit you.
"So just really trying to focus on my feet, my pocket movements. Obviously I think all those things are tied to accuracy and just the timing of routes and things like that, so just trying to be as dialed in as possible. That's the biggest thing I've been trying to work on so far."
The Packers open the 2026 season against the Minnesota Vikings. It's time for Love to play like an MVP, especially since Micah Parsons will miss the start of the campaign recovering from his ACL tear.
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