Green Bay Packers 2024 NFL Season Preview and Picks

The Green Bay Packers need to let the rest of the NFL know how to find and develop a quarterback. After last season, it looks like they are set up for more long-term success with Jordan Love following in the footsteps of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, a lineage that goes back to 1992.

Keep in mind that Favre was a second-round pick by the Falcons in 1991, which the Packers traded for. Rodgers infamously fell to No. 24 on draft night after so many teams who could have used him passed him up. Then even Love was the 26th pick and fourth quarterback taken in that 2020 class that is turning into one of the best – and most handsomely paid – in history for quarterbacks with Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert, and Jalen Hurts.

But the Packers keep getting the job done despite the unorthodox starts to these players’ careers. Remember, much like Rodgers before him, Love had to sit for his first three seasons before taking over for Rodgers. But for what he did last year, Love was already awarded in July with a 4-year extension worth $220 million. The $55 million average ties him with Burrow and Trevor Lawrence for the highest in NFL history.

Love looks like he should be a perennial top-10 quarterback with a chance for much more. There are certainly higher expectations in 2024 after the way he finished last season, winning a playoff game in Dallas and giving the 49ers a real scare at home in the divisional round.

According to the current odds at FanDuel, the Packers are +1800 to win Super Bowl LIX (tied for ninth), they are favored to win over 9.5 games, and Love has the fifth-highest MVP odds (+1400).

The NFC loves sending a new team to the Super Bowl. Ever since the Packers were in back-to-back Super Bowls in 1996-97, the only NFC team to go back-to-back was Seattle in 2013-14. Could Green Bay be the next NFC team to play in February?

We look back at the young team’s turnaround in 2023, the key offseason changes, the building blocks for a Super Bowl run, and the best Packers bets for 2024.

2023 Season Recap: You’re Just Jealous Cause We’re Young and in Love

Replacing a legend like Aaron Rodgers is always tough work, but it’s not like the Packers came out of nowhere last season. They were the No. 1 seed in 2020-21, Love has been learning the offense since 2020, and head coach Matt LaFleur has won 67.5% of his games in the NFL.

This team was just very young, so it makes sense why they needed half a season to get right. But we are going to examine the accuracy of saying Love was only great for “half a year” and even poke some holes into just how great this team was in going from 3-6 to a drive away from the NFC Championship Game.

The Facts About the Slow Start for the Packers in 2023

First, we need to establish some important context on just how young the 2023 Packers were, especially on offense:

• Love was only 25 last season, his first as a starter.
• Running back Aaron Jones was the lone elder in the skill group at 29 years old.
• AJ Dillon led the team in carries and was 25.
• Jones aside, the Packers had 10 other players catch at least 10 passes, and all of those players were 22-to-25 years old.
• The five players with more than 30 catches were all 22 or 23 years old, and they are all players the Packers drafted in 2022 or 2023.
• Rasheed Walker, a seventh-round pick in 2022, had no starts prior to 2023, but he has taken over as the team’s David Bakhtiari replacement at left tackle.
• Right tackle Zach Tom also improved in his second season after the team drafted him in the fourth round in 2022.
• Center Josh Myers was only going into his third season in 2023.

That was just an obscenely young offense, which made it a bold experiment to surround a quarterback with one career start with so much youth and inexperience.

So, it would make logical sense if the Packers were not great out of the gate in 2023 and got better as the season wore on. But by making the playoffs, they became the youngest team to do so in the 16-game era (since 1978) according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Packers reached the postseason.

Based on average age weighted for playing time, the Packers are now the 5th-youngest team since the 1970 merger to make the playoffs, and the youngest since the 1977 Bear, per @EliasSports.

HC Matt LaFleur, staff and players got it done.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 8, 2024

The Packers started the season doing what they do best: Beating Chicago. But they blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter in Atlanta. Faced with a 25-24 deficit in the final minute, Love was unable to move the offense into field goal range.

A week later, Love was struggling, and the Packers were down 17-0 at home to the Saints before a thrilling rally in an 18-17 win. That’s a 17-point comeback in the fourth quarter in Love’s fourth NFL start. Keep in mind that Brett Favre never in his NFL career won a game after trailing by more than 14 points. Rodgers also started his career at 0-26 when he trailed by multiple scores in the second half before he finally won in Detroit in 2015 on a Hail Mary.

That was big for Love, but we should mention that it took a Derek Carr injury and the Saints missing a 46-yard field goal with 1:05 left to pull off the win. Had that kick gone in, given some of Love’s struggles at setting up a late field goal in 2023, that could have very well been the game that put the Saints in the playoffs instead of the Packers, completely changing the vibes of this offseason and the hype for 2024.

Fortunately, the Packers had more games to prove themselves beyond a 2-1 start. However, an ugly showing against Detroit at home and an embarrassing loss in Vegas put the team at 2-3 going into the bye. They also couldn’t score in Denver or Minnesota but caught a break when Matthew Stafford was out for the Rams in a 20-3 win in Week 9.

But after Love couldn’t close the deal in Pittsburgh in Week 10’s 23-19 loss, the Packers were 3-6 and fading fast. Indicative of their slow stars, they scored just 49 points before halftime through 9 games – only the Giants (42) were worse last season.

In a Week 11 game against the Chargers, everything turned for this team. Love had the first 300-yard passing game of his NFL career, and he threw a game-winning touchdown pass to Romeo Doubs with 2:29 left in a 23-20 win. The road-favored Chargers fortunately were big on dropped passes and fumbles in that game.

This became a crucial part of the season for Green Bay, which then won as an 8-point underdog in Detroit on Thanksgiving thanks to the defense forcing Jared Goff to lose three fumbles. The Lions also failed on fourth down four times in a 29-22 loss.

To start December against the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football, the Packers got another good game out of Love, who had the Kansas City defense reeling early with back-to-back 75-yard touchdown drives. The defense also made some critical stops of Patrick Mahomes with third-down sacks, and the Packers won 27-19, the first time last season any team won three games in a row while being an underdog of at least 3 points.

The Packers were 6-6, but coordinator Joe Barry’s defense was embarrassed in a 24-22 loss to the Giants and rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito. A week later, the Packers were smoked at home, 34-20, by Baker Mayfield, who had a perfect 158.3 passer rating with 381 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Go figure, the Packers beat Mahomes and Goff, but they looked terrible against DeVito and Mayfield. At 6-8, the playoffs again looked dire.

Green Bay’s Hot Finish Behind Love

Bu Love was still playing well. The Packers won 33-30 in Carolina despite another scare by the defense against a rookie quarterback (Bryce Young) who did very well in the game. Then the Vikings didn’t know if they’d start Nick Mullens or rookie Jaren Hall, and it ended up not mattering as the Packers crushed them 33-10 on New Year’s Eve.

That set up a Week 18 game at home against Chicago where the Packers just needed a win to clinch the No. 7 seed. While the 17-9 score looks low, Love played one of his sharpest games ever, completing 27-of-32 passes for 316 yards. The Packers only had the ball seven times, missed a field goal, botched the end of half drive, and ran out the clock on Chicago to clinch a playoff berth.

Here are the splits on Love in the regular season last year:

• Weeks 1-10: 3-6 record, 58.7% complete, 223.2 passing yards per game, 6.70 yards per attempt, 14 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, 80.5 passer rating.
• Weeks 11-18: 6-2 record, 70.3% complete, 268.8 passing yards per game, 7.71 yards per attempt, 18 touchdowns, 1 interception, 112.7 passer rating

Note that the Packers also finished No. 4 in points scored in the first half of games during those final 8 games.

The headline is that Love’s numbers went from below-average to MVP-caliber. His sack rate also improved with experience, and one of the biggest changes was getting away from throwing as many deep balls as he did in the first half when they weren’t connecting. Defenses started blitzing Love more in the second half and the Packers had the answers for it.

Here’s a split to watch this year:

• Love’s sack rate at home in 2023 was 6.96% (294 passes).
• Love’s sack rate on the road in 2023 was 2.30% (340 passes).
• Love’s sack rate increasing by 4.66 percentage points at home was the largest increase of any qualified quarterback in the last three seasons.
• The next closest quarterbacks in 2023 were rookies Will Levis (4.17) and Bryce Young (3.37).

Love took 22 of his 30 sacks at home last year. While that could be skewed by opponent, consider that Love was sacked 5 times at home against Detroit and he was sacked 4 times at home against the Vikings. In the rematches on the road, Love was not sacked in either game. Love also did not take any sacks in the playoffs despite playing on the road against elite fronts in the Cowboys and 49ers.

This could just be a random split that stays in 2023 and means nothing other than a sign of inexperience. But it’s another thing to keep track of this season.

Also, it speaks to just how weird the 2023 Packers were as a team. They stifled some top quarterbacks and were exposed badly by scrubs. Their top five scoring games where they dropped at least 29 points were all on the road.

At least that would bode well for their playoff run on the road against the top two quarterbacks in QBR last season.

The Road Warriors of the Playoffs Meet a Familiar Demise in San Francisco

The aura of the Packers at Lambeau Field in the playoffs has really dissipated in the 21st century after way too many bad losses at home to the 2002 Falcons, 2004 Vikings, 2007 Giants, 2011 Giants, 2013 49ers, 2020 Buccaneers, and 2021 49ers.

In fact, when the Packers last won the Super Bowl in the 2010 season, they did it as a No. 6 seed who had to play on the road every round. How cool would it have been to become the first No. 7 seed to win a Super Bowl?

But the 2023 Packers will have to settle for being the first No. 7 seed in this new format that started in 2020 to win a playoff game by beating a No. 2 seed. Love showed right away that he might have that Rodgers ability to crush the hearts of Dallas Cowboys fans. He was brilliant in his playoff debut, completing 16-of-21 passes for 272 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Packers were up 27-0 before the Cowboys could blink. The defense also stepped up with a pick-six off Dak Prescott in the first half.

The Packers led 48-16 at one point in the fourth quarter before the Cowboys scored a couple of touchdowns to make it look more respectable at 48-32. The Packers had not won as a playoff underdog of at least 7 points since they beat the 1995 49ers in San Francisco as a 9.5-point underdog.

They were going to have to do it for the second game in a row as they were a 10-point underdog against the top-ranked 49ers. But it was a little slick outside, Deebo Samuel was injured, and the Packers started the game well on the road.

The Packers took a 21-14 lead into the fourth quarter against a team coached by Kyle Shanahan that almost never makes these types of comebacks. But similar to two years ago in the divisional round when the 49ers came back from a 10-3 deficit in Green Bay with a punt return touchdown, it was a special teams failure that hurt LaFleur’s team.

Rookie kicker Anders Carlson did not make people forget about Mason Crosby when he missed a 41-yard field goal that would have given the Packers a cushion at 24-17 with 6:18 left. The defense then folded against Brock Purdy and the offense, allowing a go-ahead touchdown run with 1:07 left.

Similar to a few situations in 2023 when Love just needed to get the offense into field-goal range late, he didn’t get the job done. In fact, he forced a throw so bad for a game-ending interception that it looked like one of those Brett Favre endings from the 2000s.

It was Love’s second pick of the game, doubling the total he had in his previous 9 games coming into this one. Just like that, the dream season was over for Green Bay in a 24-21 loss that was there for the taking.

This is the fifth time since the 2012 season that the 49ers eliminated the Packers from the playoffs, including the third time since 2019 in the LaFleur era. Let’s hope Love hasn’t also inherited Rodgers’ dominance of the Cowboys only to be humbled by the 49ers, not to mention Favre’s tendency for season-ending picks.

The NFL’s latest highest-paid player in history will have a bigger target on his back this season.

Green Bay Packers Offseason Review

The Packers are mostly just looking for the young offense to continue getting better, but they did get younger at running back with a former rushing champion from Vegas. But this year is largely about getting the defense up to championship caliber.

New Defensive Coordinator: Jeff Hafley

After three seasons, the Joe Barry era is over in Green Bay. He was one of the more criticized defensive coordinators in the league, but the results were rarely bad enough to outright fire him.

The results weren’t great on a surface level last year as the Packers ranked 22nd in points per drive and 26th in yards per drive allowed. They also forced just 18 takeaways in 17 games.

But if you paid close attention to the Packers last year, then you know the defense was hanging by a thread in so many of those games against good offenses. They were getting bailed out by bad ball security in wins over the Chargers and Lions, or just playing enough good defense on key third downs and fourth downs to beat a team like the Chiefs. That’s to say nothing of the abysmal performances against the Giants, Panthers, and Buccaneers, or blowing a 12-point lead to Desmond Ridder in Atlanta.

It was definitely time for Barry to go. Replacing him is 45-year-old coach Jeff Hafley. He has a college background in coaching defensive backs where he followed Greg Schiano from Rutgers to Tampa Bay, then spent some time on a staff with Kyle Shanahan in Cleveland and San Francisco.

Hafley was the head coach of Boston College in 2020-23 where he was 22-26 (.458), peaking last year when he got to a bowl game. But now he’s in his biggest NFL role yet and will hopefully bring some aggressive play and fresh eyes to a job that really needed it in Green Bay.

New Defensive Pieces

With the Packers likely switching to a 4-3 defensive front, they have the edge rushers back with Rashan Gary and Preston Smith. Kenny Clark (7.5 sacks) is also coming off another Pro Bowl season inside. The Packers can win up front with that trio, and they still have defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, their 2022 first-round pick, going into his third season.

It’s the back end where the Packers can stand to improve. We usually think of edge rushers and great corners as the key to a defense, and the Packers have quality pieces there with corner Jaire Alexander back too.

But it’s the positions like inside linebacker and safety where the Packers chose to do their biggest shopping this offseason:

• After losing linebacker De’Vondre Campbell to the 49ers, the Packers drafted arguably the best inside linebacker in the draft in the second round in Edgerrin Cooper from Texas A&M.
• Green Bay’s top free-agent signing was safety Xavier McKinney from the Giants, who had a career year in 2023 with 11 passes defensed (3 interceptions), and 116 combined tackles.
• With the 58th pick in the draft, the Packers selected Georgia safety Javon Bullard, another highly-ranked player at his position in this draft.

McKinney and Bullard could be the safety duo for years to come in Green Bay. We’ll see if Cooper can win the starting job early or not, but the Packers should have a better defense than they did a year ago.

Packers Fixing to Run More?

The Packers got better at running the ball as the season wore on last year. But don’t expect to see Aaron Jones in the backfield now that he’s about to turn 30 this season. He is with Minnesota in 2024. Jones had a career-high 62.0% rushing success rate last season, but the team is bringing back AJ Dillon after some uncertainty there.

But the new leading rusher plans to be Josh Jacobs from Vegas. He is 26 years old and coming off the most disappointing season of his career. But in 2022, he led the NFL in rushing yards (1,653) and yards from scrimmage (2,053). He also has some receiving ability with over 50 catches in both 2021 and 2022.

Jacobs is unlikely to be the missing piece for the Packers. In fact, hardly any productive backs win Super Bowls anymore as the last 1,000-yard rusher to do so was LeGarrette Blount for the 2016 Patriots. The last 1,200-yard rusher to win a Super Bowl was Marshawn Lynch on the 2014 Seahawks. You just don’t need a special player at that position in this era.

Much of their success up front is going to depend on the offensive line anyway. The Packers let right guard Jon Runyan Jr. go in free agency, but they used their first-round pick on Arizona’s Jordan Morgan. He can play tackle, but the logical spot right now might be a right guard to replace Runyan.

This Year’s Narrative: Is Green Bay the NFC’s Latest Flash in the Pan Super Bowl Team?

We have not published our Houston Texans preview yet, but in many ways, it will mirror this Green Bay preview as both teams have a lot of hope and high expectations to get into the top tier for 2024.

Both teams are thrilled with their young quarterback with the Texans having C.J. Stroud. Both won a division game in Week 18 to clinch the playoffs, both were impressive in wins on wild card weekend with Stroud and Love producing similarly great stat lines, and both lost in the divisional round with the Packers having a much better showing in San Francisco than the Texans did in Baltimore.

The Texans have more high-end talent than the Packers after adding Stefon Diggs and Danielle Hunter to the mix in the spring. But Green Bay has the advantage of playing in the NFC, the conference with fewer established quarterbacks, and the one that is known for producing the latest flash in the pan to reach the Super Bowl in the last decade.

So, why not Green Bay for the Super Bowl in 2024? They routed Dallas, were so close in San Francisco, and we’ve already seen them win in Detroit last Thanksgiving. They also were the only team to score 27 points on Kansas City’s defense last year in a 27-19 win in Week 13.

With +1800 odds to win the Super Bowl and an over/under win total of 9.5 this year, the 2024 Packers have higher expectations than several of the NFC teams to reach the Super Bowl in the last decade:

• 2015 Panthers (+6000, O/U 8.5): Finished 15-1 behind a Cam Newton MVP year that seemingly came out of nowhere, and the team also had a great defense led by Luke Kuechly.
• 2016 Falcons (+8000, O/U 7.0): Matt Ryan’s career year led to an MVP, an 11-5 record, and an incredible offense under coordinator Kyle Shanahan in his second season with the team along with coach Dan Quinn. But they blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI.
• 2017 Eagles (+4000, O/U 8.5): Year 2 for coach Doug Pederson and quarterback Carson Wentz was going really well, then Nick Foles stepped up after Wentz tore his ACL to deliver a Super Bowl win for the Eagles. Great offensive line and a deep pass rush on this team.
• 2018 Rams (+1000, O/U 10.0): Sean McVay instantly turned around Jared Goff in 2017, then had him in the Super Bowl by their second season together. Great defensive leader in Aaron Donald, but this team was largely driven by an offense that sputtered and scored just a field goal in the Super Bowl loss to the Patriots.
• 2019 49ers (+4000, O/U 8.0): Kyle Shanahan’s third season as head coach and first full one with Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback went very well with a top offense and defense led by rookie Nick Bosa. But they couldn’t stop the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
• 2020 Buccaneers (+1000, O/U 9.5): Tom Brady legitimized Bruce Arians’ team that already had great receivers and the right pieces on defense. They just needed a quarterback who didn’t throw 30 interceptions like Jameis Winston, and Brady delivered with a Super Bowl win in his first season.
• 2021 Rams (+1200, O/U 10.5): McVay needed an upgrade from Goff and got it with Matthew Stafford, who took advantage of a well-designed team that also added Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr. to go all in for that Super Bowl ring. Elite performances from Donald and Cooper Kupp throughout the season too.
• 2022 Eagles (+2440, O/U 9.5): After a taste of the playoffs in 2021, Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts were back with a boost on offense from A.J. Brown and a defense that produced 70 sacks. But they too couldn’t slow down the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
• 2023 49ers (+1000, O/U 10.5): This time Shanahan was back with Brock Purdy, who led the team on three go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter and overtime before still losing to the Chiefs on the final snap.

We’ve seen a few franchises (49ers, Eagles, Rams) who were close before making multiple appearances after changing a key part like the quarterback. The Packers don’t need to do that, and we know LaFleur had this team as the No. 1 seed in 2020 and 2021 but came up short in the playoffs.

The Packers may be lacking in the pass rush department to compare with some of these teams, but the coordinator change could be the spark they need to get over the hump there. Also, some of these teams were clearly led to the big game by their offense like the 2016 Falcons and 2018 Rams.

If Green Bay gets the Love that showed up in the second half of the season for the full season, then you are talking about a Super Bowl contender and MVP candidate for sure.

Last year, C.J. Stroud and Love became the 17th and 18th quarterbacks since 1978 who won their first playoff game before their 30th birthday in their first season as a starter. It’s become more common this century, but this type of early success is usually a good sign for both long-term success and championship success.

Consider some of these successful names on the list of 18 quarterbacks who won a playoff game as a first-time starter (defined as someone who did not start more than 2 games prior to this season):

• Brock Purdy (2022 49ers): Reached the Super Bowl in his second season where he led the NFL in QBR.
• Patrick Mahomes (2018 Chiefs): Won the Super Bowl in 2019, his second season starting, and has won two more since.
• Colin Kaepernick (2012 49ers): Reached the Super Bowl followed by another NFC Championship Game in 2013.
• Russell Wilson (2012 Seahawks): Won the Super Bowl in 2013, his second season, and went to another in 2014.
• Joe Flacco (2008 Ravens): Won Super Bowl MVP in his fifth season in 2012.
• Ben Roethlisberger (2004 Steelers): Won the Super Bowl in 2005, his second season starting, and won a second ring in 2008.
• Jake Delhomme (2003 Panthers): Undrafted journeyman who reached the Super Bowl in his first season in Carolina in 2003 and another NFC Championship Game in 2005.
• Michael Vick (2002 Falcons): Reached the NFC Championship Game with Atlanta in 2004.
• Chad Pennington (2002 Jets): When healthy, he led the Jets to the playoffs in 2002, 2004, and 2006.
• Tom Brady (2001 Patriots): Won the Super Bowl in his first year as a starter, then won five more for New England in his career and one more for himself in Tampa Bay.
• Daunte Culpepper (2000 Vikings): Reached the NFC Championship Game his first year as a starter and also won a playoff game in 2004, his best season.
• Kurt Warner (1999 Rams): The ultimate rags-to-riches story, Warner was MVP and Super Bowl MVP in 1999, then returned to another Super Bowl in 2001 with the Rams.

There are varying degrees of success present in these 12 examples (75% of the list before Stroud and Love), but it is a success, nonetheless. You wouldn’t want the injuries Culpepper and Pennington had, the legal problems Vick ran into, or getting blackballed from the league like Kaepernick in 2017. But there are at least five Hall of Fame cases here, and Purdy is off to an all-time start.

That only leaves four quarterbacks who peaked too early:

• T.J. Yates (2011 Texans): A career backup, Yates was a fifth-round rookie who had to start after injuries to Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart in 2011. He only started 5 games the rest of his career.
• Mark Sanchez (2009 Jets): Mr. Butt Fumble rode those great defensive teams to back-to-back AFC Championship Games in 2009-10, but he never improved his game after that 2010 season.
• Aaron Brooks (2000 Saints): He was a backup forced to start in 2000 after an injury to Jeff Blake. While Brooks won the first playoff game in franchise history for the Saints, he never led any team to the playoffs in a season where he had to start more than 5 games.
• Shaun King (1999 Buccaneers): The second-round rookie had to start the final 5 games after Trent Dilfer broke his collarbone. He reached the NFC Championship Game, then started all 16 games for the defensive-led Buccaneers in 2000, making the playoffs again. But he lost 21-3 in the wild card round and the team replaced him with Brad Johnson in 2001.

You could argue Love has already had a better career than these four quarterbacks. In fact, it took Love five drives in Dallas to score more points (27) in the playoffs than someone like King scored in three playoff games combined (23).

Maybe 2024 is the season where Love messes around and leads the league in touchdown passes for a team with a defense good enough to get them into the Super Bowl.

Best Bets for the 2024 Packers

We gave the Lions a solid preview with a prediction of over 10.5 wins, which sets a high bar for the NFC North this year. The Packers are not favored to win the division according to sportsbooks right now.

However, we just laid out why this team has the right stuff to go on a Super Bowl run in the always-changing NFC. Even if the Packers split with Detroit, lose again to the 49ers, lose to the talented Texans, and drop some road games to the likes of the Rams (Stafford available this time) and Jaguars, that’s still good enough for 12-5 and a division title.

That’s also going to compete for a No. 1 seed, something 75% of the quarterbacks who won MVP since 1978 had on their resume. We’re not saying Love is the best MVP pick this year, but again, it’s easier for him to stand out in a conference with Purdy, Hurts, and Dak than it is in that AFC gauntlet with Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, C.J. Stroud, Justin Herbert, Tua Tagovailoa, and Aaron Rodgers.

It’s also an easier path to the No. 1 seed and the recognition that comes with that. LaFleur has already helped coach Rodgers to two MVPs after it looked like his prime was over in 2014-19.

Love just threw 32 touchdowns last year with one of the youngest offenses ever, and he has an advantage in that defenses don’t know who to key on in this offense. One week it could be Jayden Reed, the next it could be Romeo Doubs, and it could also be Christian Watson if his hamstrings ever stay intact. They also could get more out of tight end Luke Musgrave this season after injury cost him time as a rookie.

For someone in a position to win a dozen games and throw over 35 touchdowns without an obvious No. 1 receiver and maybe not even a 1,000-yard receiver, that sounds like an MVP contender to me. Sprinkle in Love for that award this year.

But we’re also going big and declaring that Green Bay is our top choice to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll win it but imagine the hype for Super Bowl LIX if it’s Packers vs. Chiefs.

First, that’s a rematch of Super Bowl I, an important time in NFL history as the Packers were in the middle of winning three championships in a row in 1965-67. That’s the most official three-peat in NFL history, but it really doesn’t get recognized as such because of the change to a Super Bowl in the middle of it in 1966.

But the Packers would be trying to defend their three-peat status against the Chiefs, who are coming for that record. After Love was the only quarterback to drop 27 points on that defense last season, maybe he’s the one who will stand up to Mahomes and deny the three-peat.

It’ll make for incredible theater this season.

NFL Pick: Green Bay Packers over 9.5 wins (-138 at FanDuel)

NFL Pick: 2024 NFL MVP Award – Jordan Love (+1400 at FanDuel)

NFL Pick: 2024-25 NFC Championship Winner – Green Bay Packers (+800 at FanDuel)

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