Former NFL MVP quarterback Matt Ryan loved Jordan Love’s play as a first-year starter, believes experience will facilitate take the Green Bay Packers quarterback to the next level and ranks high among the group of wide receivers built around Love entering the 2024 season.
Ryan, who currently works at CBS as an analyst, said he thought Love had a “great first year” in 2023. Love threw 32 touchdown passes to just 11 interceptions and led the Packers to the postseason in his first year with a win over Rodgers-era Aaron in Green Bay.
So what’s next for Love?
“The space where I take the next steps is just cleaning up the little things, down and down,” Ryan said. via Alex Strouf of ESPN Milwaukee. “I think it will come with experience. I have this entire video from last year to watch and I just need to get a few uncomplicated things in order. Be a little more consistent. If he can do this, the sky is the limit.
Ryan was a broadcast analyst for the Packers’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last December. Despite an overall frustrating performance for Matt LaFleur’s team, Ryan said he saw Love throws that reminded him of Rodgers.
“He made a few shots during that game that reminded me a lot of Aaron,” Ryan said. “The ability to move outside the pocket, shoot from off-platform situations and pass the ball with the speed and accuracy he did, I was very impressed.”
Ryan almost certainly remembers an incredible love third-down touchdown pass to Jayden Reed buying time and moving right against the Bucks.
Speaking of Reed, Ryan is a substantial fan of the adolescent players – see: Reed, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks – built around Love as a adolescent point guard. He was impressed as he watched the group before the game against the Bucs.
“They jumped off the conveyor belt. The speed and explosiveness they have. They did a great job of surrounding him with different elements to make him successful,” Ryan said.
Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP, was in Wisconsin for the 2024 AmFam Championship Celebrity Foursome. He played alongside Andy North, Michael Phelps and Pat Connaughton at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison. Ryan retired from football after the 2022 season.
Former NFL player Matt Ryan comments on Jordan Love and #Packers WR at @amfamchamp before Celebrity Foursome pic.twitter.com/9b3msT7s2V
— Alex Strouf (@alex_strouf) June 8, 2024
