{"id":958867,"date":"2026-11-05T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/958867\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:00:10","slug":"jordan-love-leads-nfl-in-passing-but-thats-not-number-he-cares-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/958867\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Love Leads NFL in Passing But That\u2019s Not Number He Cares About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8j\">GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love enters Sunday\u2019s game against the New England Patriots with the NFL lead in passing yards and is considered among the MVP front-runners. Plus, he is on the verge of throwing his 100th career touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8o\">One of those accomplishments means much more than the others.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8t\">\u201cI think 100th career touchdown pass \u2013 me and Tom were just talking about it \u2013 I think that\u2019ll be pretty cool,\u201d Love said after Wednesday\u2019s practice, referencing assistant director of communications Tom Fanning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8y\">\u201cIt\u2019s a cool stat but, no, I think my job is to go out there and be the best player, throw for a lot of yards. The main goal is to win the game. However you get that done, you get that done. It\u2019s cool to look at, cool to see some of the things. I\u2019m definitely excited to get that 100th touchdown pass and who\u2019ll it go to. So, that\u2019ll be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"93\">Love will be making his 57th career start against the Patriots. Through 56 starts, here is the franchise leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"98\">Aaron Rodgers, 115 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9d\">Jordan Love, 99 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9i\">Brett Favre, 95 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9n\">That\u2019s some pretty good company. Favre is a first-ballot Hall of Famer and Rodgers probably will be, too. Both players have more than 500 touchdown passes, with Rodgers ranked third all-time with 540 (and counting) and Favre fifth with 508.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9s\">\u201cIt\u2019s cool. It\u2019s definitely an honor to know the guys who played before me and to be up there with the stats,\u201d Love said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things where you just need to keep going. We obviously know the type of career those guys had. They\u2019ve had some long journeys. It\u2019s one of those things I just focus on my job, doing the best I can and take it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Love Is Carrying the Packers<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a2\">Love is having the best statistical season of his career. With no running game whatsoever, Love has had to carry the entire offense on his back. That\u2019s why he leads the league in passing yards; he\u2019s third in passing yards per game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a7\">In terms of total yardage, Love is responsible for 82.0 percent of Green Bay\u2019s offensive production. That\u2019s the most in the NFL entering Week 9. Cincinnati\u2019s Joe Burrow (80.9 percent) is the only other quarterback with 80-plus percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ac\">\u201cI think he\u2019s just doing his job,\u201d quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy said on Monday. \u201cI think he\u2019s gotten so comfortable with what we\u2019re doing and how we\u2019re doing it. He\u2019s in really good command of what we\u2019re asking him to do. It\u2019s more about whatever it takes to win the game. \u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ah\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s been something that\u2019s over the top. It\u2019s about doing whatever you\u2019ve got to do to win the game, and that\u2019s just kind of where we\u2019ve found our niche so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"am\">With the Packers at 5-3 despite the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/packers\/onsi\/3-yards-and-cloud-of-dust-would-be-dream-for-packers-worst-ever-run-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> worst rushing attack in NFL history<\/a>, Love ranks eighth in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/sportsbook-promos\/draftkings-promo-code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> NFL MVP odds at DraftKings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ar\">\u201cThe run game isn\u2019t where it needs to be, but I think we\u2019ve still been able to adjust and still make plays,\u201d Love said. \u201cLike I always talk about, there\u2019s a lot more out there, but we\u2019ve done a great job just being able to win these games by putting up some points, and that\u2019s what it comes down to.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aw\">\u201cI think our defense is doing such a great job at holding teams to low points and, really, it\u2019s our job, we always tell them all the time, I\u2019m going to go out there and put up as many points as I can, but I think the goal is always you want to put up 30-plus and put the defense in a safe spot. But I think we\u2019ve been doing some good things in the pass game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Love Impresses the GOAT<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b6\">Back to the NFL\u2019s career leaders for touchdown passes, Tom Brady holds that record with 649 \u2013 78 more than Drew Brees. Brady spent most of his career playing for New England, where the Packers will play this week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bb\">Brady is part of Fox\u2019s No. 1 broadcast team. This week, Brady raved about the play of Love.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bg\">\u201cIt\u2019s been like, \u2018OK, we\u2019re going to put this on your shoulders, and you\u2019re going to have to carry us,\u2019\u201d Brady told Fox\u2019s Colin Cowherd. \u201cAnd he goes into practice every day knowing it\u2019s about his level of execution that\u2019s going to make the offense go, and he\u2019s just done a great job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bl\">Asked about Brady and what he had to say on Wednesday, Love said:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-24\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bq\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely cool. I saw the comments he made. It\u2019s awesome. I don\u2019t know Tom too well \u2013 we\u2019ve talked here and there \u2013 but got a lot of respect for him and obviously the success he had, the career he\u2019s had. Nothing but respect for that guy and definitely looking forward to more conversations down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No. 100 Upcoming<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c0\">Love is on pace for 4,772 passing yards and 34 touchdowns. His career highs are 4,159 yards and 32 touchdowns in 2023. Rodgers holds the franchise record with 4,643 yards in 2011 and 48 touchdowns in 2020.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c5\">Love and the Raiders\u2019 Kirk Cousins are the only quarterbacks with multiple touchdown passes in seven games this season, so chances are he\u2019ll throw his 100th to New England.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-28\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ca\">But to whom? Christian Watson leads the team with six, followed by Matthew Golden with four and Tucker Kraft with three.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-29\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cf\">Whoever catches it better not throw it into the stands, like James Jones did with Rodgers\u2019 100th touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-30\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ck\">https:\/\/x.com\/89JonesNTAF\/status\/1976449520906170492<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-31\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cp\">\u201cWe\u2019re just talking about that,\u201d Love said. \u201cWe\u2019ll definitely have to let them know. You don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to catch it. You don\u2019t know where that ball\u2019s going to go. We\u2019ll definitely make sure the guys don\u2019t throw it in the stands and we get it back. 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