Jordan Love is heading into his third year as the Green Bay Packers’ starting quarterback. For three seasons, he learned behind future Pro Football Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers, with one of his predecessors’ abilities standing out to him.
Packers QB Jordan Love Lauds Aaron Rodgers’ Impressive Rapport with Davante Adams
It feels like ages ago that Love and Rodgers were in the same quarterback room in Green Bay. The latter is now suiting up for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he intends to finish his decorated career. Rodgers was taken aback when the Packers traded up to select Love in the 2020 NFL Draft, but held onto the starting job for another three years before the sides parted ways.
Love watched as Rodgers worked with wide receiver Davante Adams. Rodgers and Adams played together in Green Bay for eight seasons. During that time, according to Statmuse, Adams had the fifth-most receptions (669) in the league. With Rodgers zipping him passes, that was no coincidence.
“I also got to watch him spin that thing,” Love wrote of Rodgers in a Players’ Tribune article. “There’s nothing like it. When him and Davante were out on that practice field, they wouldn’t miss. Literally.”
“They had some kind of telepathic thing going on. Aaron would snap the ball, and he’d just glance over at Davante’s release, and within a split second, he knew where to put it, doot, back shoulder. Perfect. There was no check, no communication. Just a look.”
Love added that it was the same bond come game time.
“Then you’d watch him on Sundays, and he’s dictating the terms to the defense,” Love said. “He’s putting them on the back foot, not the other way around. In college, you’re just playing. In the NFL, you have to be manipulating. I learned that from Aaron. He’d always be looking over to the opponents’ sideline after every single play, and I didn’t understand what he was doing.”
“It’s chaos out there, you’re trying to get the play from your own sideline, the crowd is yelling, you got different packages coming in and out.”
Love will hope to build a similar link with Packers first-round choice Matthew Golden. Golden starred for the Texas Longhorns last season and ran a blazing 4.29-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. He was the first receiver Green Bay took in the first round since 2002, when it selected Javon Walker.
