Packers President Makes Strong Statement About Jordan Love, Is Jordan Love the future?
The Green Bay Packers were a big question mark this season.
The front office urged the fans to sit tight and have faith in their project.
Analysts weren’t so sure about their chances to compete either, and they didn’t get off to the most encouraging of starts.
They managed to finish the season on the highest note by making it all the way to the NFC Divisional Round, and they almost got past the San Francisco 49ers.
The fans finished the season quite sold on Jordan Love, who’s now eligible to sign a big contract extension.
With that in mind, CEO Mark Murphy recently confirmed that the team is all-in on the Utah State product, and they intend to keep him at Lambeau Field for the long run (via Matt Schneidman).
“We feel confident that Jordan is our quarterback of the future,” Murphy said.
Love hadn’t shown signs of promise during his limited playing time behind Aaron Rodgers, but he really turned the corner in his first year as a starter.
He was confident and in control, fitting the pigskin into tight gaps, throwing inside and outside the numbers, and developing a strong rapport with wide receivers Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson.
The Packers have a long-withstanding tradition of elite quarterbacks.
And while it’s still early in his career, the early returns were more than encouraging.
Now, it remains to be seen if they make him one of the highest-paid QBs in the league or if they’ll be more cautious.
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The Packers are letting go of their longest-tenured coach
It appears that Green Bay will end up shaking up their roster of defensive assistants after all.
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On Saturday, The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman reported that the Green Bay Packers have moved on from defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery. Previously, it was reported that all of the Packers’ assistant coaches were under contract for 2024 — despite the team hiring a new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley. This means that Montgomery was either fired or the team “mutually parted ways” with the coach.
After spending eight years as an on-field coach at the college level, Montgomery joined Dom Capers’ staff in 2015 as a defensive assistant. He was promoted to the team’s defensive line coach in 2018 during Mike Pettine’s first year as Green Bay’s defensive coordinator. He was also retained by Joe Barry, earning the title of running game coordinator in 2022. Montgomery, by far, was the longest-tenured coach on the Packers’ staff.
Per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Montgomery will interview with the New England Patriots for a staff opening there in the near future. There has been no word on who the Packers will add on to coach their defensive line.
The 49ers’ need for another last second miracle deserves a deep rewind
It’s January 14th, 2012. We’re at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. With 14 seconds to play, down three, and facing a third down, the 49ers need a score to keep their playoff hopes alive – without needing to roll the dice in overtime. The Saints meanwhile can end this here with a takeaway and head to the NFC Championship Game themselves. To understand how we got here and to appreciate everything this moment represents, we need to rewind.
Earlier this week, Peter Bukowski of The Leap reported that pass rush specialist Jason Rebrovich, who previously held the title of outside linebackers coach for the Packers, would have an “elevated role” on Hafley’s staff. With the change from a 3-4 front to a 4-3 front, one has to wonder if Rebrovich will simply become the team’s defensive line coach, rather than having responsibilities split between edge rushers and interior defensive linemen — as the team has done in the past.
The Packers have hired one coach beyond Hafley during this cycle, though. Former NFL quarterback Sean Mannion retired from the NFL and, according to Brady Henderson of ESPN, has taken a coaching position with the Packers. In his end-of-year press conference, Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur stated that he was hopeful that quarterbacks coach Tom Clements, a 70-year-old who has retired from the NFL in the past, would return to the team. At this point in time, it’s probably a safer bet that Mannion is joining the Packers as either a quality control coach or an assistant quarterbacks coach rather than the outright quarterbacks coach.
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