Jordan Love - 2025 Season in Review
- IamCogs
- Mar 12
- 7 min read
It's a very interesting thing when you take the guise of being a fan of a rival team away from watching the tape for quarterbacks. When watching Jordan Love in a purely observational and learning manner, I learned a lot about Love over the last two seasons.
The 6th year signal caller quite possible had his best season as a starting quarterback in 2025, Love had a very underrated 2024 campaign, despite dealing with numerous injuries, where he posted a 1.40 average game grade and finished third in the league in average TPR.
Love took another step this season, even with more stringent grading, his average 2.07 per game was second only to Drake Maye's 2.45. Love took big leaps in accuracy this year, while also cleaning up some of his short comings (protecting the ball and dealing with pressure) and the Green Bay Packers offensive line essentially forced his hand as instability across the front saw a massive decrease in level of play.
His season came to an end despite a 4 touchdown performance against the Chicago Bears (come on I'm a Bears fan, you knew I would have to say something) but with the emergence of Caleb Williams this year, both quarterbacks look to bring the Packers and Bears rivalry to the 21st century for the first time, where each quarterback is more than capable of slinging the rock.
In this review we will take a look at some metrics, some positives, some negatives, some areas of improvement and a 2026 prediction.
The Metrics:
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QB Tier: This is my person opinion on where I believe he should be ranked as a quarterback among the 32 starters: Solid A tier, putting Jordan Love in the QB 4-8 range.
Archetype: Gunslinger, in true Green Bay fashion Love is a deep ball enjoyer, and has extreme confidence in his arm talent (which is confidence well placed from what I've seen over the last two seasons on tape.)
Grade: This is the alphabetical score correlated to his average game score on the year. Love was the most consistent quarterback graded this season, recording just 1 start that had a negative score, this consistent high level play earns him an S for the season.
Metrics Breakdown
Quarterback ranking for each category is relative to the 7 quarterbacks graded in 2025.
Metric | Description | Value | Rank |
Avg. 1st Half | Average graded score for the 1st half. | 0.69 | 3rd |
Avg. 2nd Half | Average graded score for the 2nd half. | 1.17 | t2nd |
Avg. Game | Average graded score for a game. | 2.07 | 2nd |
Good+ Games | Total Games with final grade "Good" or better. | 2 | 3rd |
Bad- Games | Total Games with final grade "Bad" or worse. | 0 | t5th |
TPR | Average True Passer Rating. | 136.2 | 2nd |
PFF | PFF Offensive Score for the season. | 88.5 | 2nd |
Passer Rating | Season NFL Passer Rating. | 101.2 | 3rd |
Adjusted% | Completions + drops / aimed throws (spikes/bats/throwaways excluded.) | 77.6% | 3rd |
On-Target% | Throws that would have hit the intended receiving target (spikes/bats/throwaways excluded.) | 68.8% | 3rd |
Positive Play% | Plays graded Above Average or higher / total snaps. | 22.72% | 3rd |
Negative Play% | Plays graded Below Average or lower / total snaps. | 21.42% | 3rd |
Neutral Play% | Plays graded Average or Ungraded / total snaps. | 57.54% | 3rd |
Turnover% | Plays graded Above Average or higher / total snaps. | 1.86% | 1st |
Big Play% | Great + Elite plays / total snaps. | 8.01% | 2nd |
Poor Play% | Poor + Turnover plays / total snaps. | 6.89% | 1st |
Time to Throw | Average time from when the ball hits the QB's hands to when he releases it. | 2.60 | 3rd |
Time to Pressure | Average time QB experiences or reacts to pressure. | 2.58 | 6th |
Pressure% | Total pressures / total snaps. | 28.84% | 3rd |
At-Fault Sack% | Sacks deemed QB's fault / total snaps. | 2.42% | 4th |
LOS On-Tar% | On-Tar Throw % behind the line of scrimmage. | 77.1% | 7th |
Short On-Tar% | On-Tar Throw % 1-9 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. | 75.0% | 3rd |
Medium On-Tar% | On-Tar Throw % 10-19 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. | 63.6% | 2nd |
Deep On-Tar% | On-Tar Throw % 20+ yards beyond the line of scrimmage. | 46.8% | 4th |
The Good:
Jordan Love possesses elite arm strength and top end ability to throw with velocity. While his mechanics at times falter, and his throwing motion is a bit on the slower side, when properly planted and unrushed he has one of the better balls in the league. His accuracy has taken a big step in the right direction in basically every level, which has helped his turnovers plummet from 2024. And he remains one of the better deep throwers in the league, throwing balls akin to Russell Wilson, giving his receivers time to find themselves underneath the arching ball.
He possesses okay mobility, though he foregoes it most of the time, relying on his pocket awareness and ability to get the ball to a check down when under pressure. Love is extremely hard to sack, not due to athleticism like Lamar Jackson or Caleb Williams, but due to his ability to navigate muddied pockets with quick adjustments, and moving to his checkdown quickly.
He shows good command of the offense, with good skills in pre and post snap recognition. He has upside ability to throw with anticipation, as the Packers offense utilizes out routes and deep ins at a decent amount, and he throws them with relative ease.
Love played consistently throughout most of the season, ranking top three in first half scoring (3rd), second half scoring (t2nd) and game scoring (2nd). While finishing with the third most games graded "Good" or higher, without a single game on the season graded worse than "Below Average". Love posted one of the few true "Elite" games graded, posting a 8.05 against the New York Giants in week 11, where he played nearly flawlessly, recording just 2 throws in the outing that resulted in a negative grade, both graded solely as "Below Average". He followed that up in week 13 with an elite half against the Lions, putting together a 4.75 in a game that saw him earn 4 "Elite" graded throws, tying his season high from week 1, against the same Lions.
He also posted a 188.6 TPR against the Lions in week 13, only to top that with a 200.7 against the Bears a week later. On the season Love had just three starts dip below 100 TPR.
Love recorded just one start all season that graded into the negatives, a week 3 loss on the road against a tough Cleveland Browns defense in a game that the Packers as a whole looked flat in. Overall it was near unprecedented consistency from Love on the year.
Top ten in both intermediate (8th, 68.4%) and deep (9th 47.3%) adjusted completion % showing both a willingness and ability to push the ball down the field, and his 9.4 ADOT (7th in the NFL) solidifies this. His big play rate of 8.01% puts him 2nd of all graded quarterbacks, just further cementing his big throw ability.
His turnover worthy rate plummeted from 2024, where he recorded a 3.64% turnover worthy rate, dropping that number to just 1.86% in 2025, while both his negative play rate (plays graded Below Average or lower / total snaps) and poor play rate (poor + turnover plays / total snaps) both finished in the top three of graded quarterbacks (3rd and 1st, respectively.)
The Bad:
Mentioned previously, his mechanics can be a bit lazy and/or slow. His propensity to throw off his backfoot with "fade aways" at this point seems to be just who he is as a quarterback. These types of throws can, and have, lead to inaccuracy and losing velocity on the ball, which gives defenses time to close windows on those throws.
His (for lack of a better word) refusal to use his mobility is interesting, while it's not directly a negative, it's an interesting thought exercise. Love does indeed have some plus side mobility, but he often passes that up while outside the pocket to make a throw that might not be there when green grass is in front of him. When he does decide to commit to his legs, it's usually a plus thing. One wonders if this is a lingering thing from his knee injury in 2024.
His on-target throwing at the line of scrimmage was last of quarterbacks graded in 2025, which is interesting, this shows up in adjusted % as well, as he finished 28th of qualified quarterbacks. It's an interesting caveat in Love's game as he has consistently finished in the bottom of the league in adjusted completions behind the line of scrimmage (28th is his best finish as a starter.) Nothing to lose sleep over but worth a mention.
His worst start of the season saw a -3.05 grade against the Browns, a game where Love recorded just two positively graded throws beyond "Average." It goes without saying it was the low point on the season for his TPR as well, where he posted a 54.8 TPR.
His deep level middle of the field throwing regressed in 2025, hitting on just 37.0% adjusted throws there, and accounting for 6 of his turnover worthy throws per PFF. His 65.1 NFL Passer Rating was the worst of any level/direction for Love in 2025.
The Conclusion:
It will be interesting to see how 2026 plays out for Love with his third quarterback coach in as many years. He's gone from Tom Clement, to Sean Mannion, to now Luke Getsy. Getsy of course has previous experience inside the Packers organization, working closely with Aaron Rodgers and his two MVP campaigns. I was worried for Love's play when Clement retired and Mannion took over, but the tape showed me the worries were misplaced as Love took steps in just about every facet to becoming the next great Green Bay Packers quarterback.
Love is slated to lose one of his favorite targets in Romeo Doubs this off-season, so it will be interesting to see who steps up there, rookie Matthew Golden had a rather underwhelming year, but had a good showing in the Wildcard against the Bears, and if Christian Watson can remain healthy, he looks to be primed to take number one target share due to his size and vertical ability to stretch the field.
I believe the Green Bay passing offense will be more productive in the 2026, While the team has needs on the offensive line, the Packers front office has never been shy about addressing that, and I think they will get more stable play out of the unit.
The Love vs. Williams rivalry is shaping up to dominate the NFC North for the next decade, and I'm all for it.
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