NFL players ranked Jordan Love the 72nd-best player in football on this year’s Top 100. Pro Football Network’s Top 100 has him 34th. That 38-spot gap is the entire debate, and Ian Cummings does not think it is close.
Jordan Love’s 2025 Efficiency Numbers Back the Case
“My vote is yes, and here’s why,” Cummings said on the Football Debate Club, making the case that Love is being overlooked in the top quarterback conversation.
The metrics do the heavy lifting. By PFN’s own measure, Love posted an 85.1 QB Impact grade in 2025, fourth among all quarterbacks. He finished second in the NFL in EPA per dropback, trailing only New England’s Drake Maye, and third in completion percentage over expectation. Those are not counting stats propped up by volume. They measure how well a quarterback throws on a per-play basis, and Love graded near the top of the league in both.
The traditional numbers moved with them. Love set career highs in completion percentage (66.3) and passer rating (101.2) while cutting his interception rate to a career-best 1.4%. His 72.7 QBR ranked third among all quarterbacks, behind only Maye and Brock Purdy. He threw 23 touchdowns against six interceptions, the fewest picks of his tenure as Green Bay’s starter.
“Any way you slice the metrics, Jordan Love is not only a top-10 QB but a borderline top five, and the film backs it up,” Cummings said.
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The tape reading matches the data. Cummings sees a passer who has grown into the position rather than one still chasing his ceiling. “He’s been calibrating his risk propensity and his gunslinger aggression, and he’s smart, calculated, methodical, platform diverse, and he has the elite physical talent as well to elevate the team at his max,” he said.
Why the Voters Keep Missing Jordan Love
The disconnect is not hard to explain. Love finished 13th in the league in passing yards with 3,381, and voters who scan a stat sheet see a quarterback who never crossed 4,000. That total is a product of Green Bay’s offense, not his play. The Packers leaned on the run and a deep receiver rotation, and Love averaged just 29.2 pass attempts per game. Fewer throws means fewer yards and fewer highlight totals, even when the efficiency stays elite.
The playoff results do not help him either. Green Bay reached the postseason for a third straight year under Love, then lost in the Wild Card Round to the Bears. A one-and-done exit sticks in voters’ memories longer than a February leaderboard, and the perception has calcified across the league. When ESPN polled executives, coaches and scouts this offseason, Love again landed outside the top 10, behind quarterbacks his efficiency numbers dwarfed.
None of that changes what the film and the data show. Love is 27, entering his fourth season as a starter, and coming off the most accurate year of his career. If Green Bay’s line holds and the pass volume climbs, the counting stats will finally catch the efficiency, and the ranking gap should close on its own.
“Jordan Love has always had that franchise QB confidence, but now he’s starting to look the part, and he’s truly trending toward greatness,” Cummings said. The 2026 season will decide whether the rest of the league catches up to what Pro Football Network already sees.
