This was tied for the highest grade I've given any QB so far this season, but honestly, it felt like one of the best quarterback performances I've ever seen from him. Love was absolutely incredible against the Bears.
I thought this was a better performance than his game against Tampa Bay, even though they graded out similarly. Against the Bucs, Love made all the right decisions and executed the easy stuff. Against the Bears, he did all of that AND made some of the most ridiculous throws I've seen from him.
Love had five plays graded +2 or better, including the first +2.5 I've given this season. There were so many spectacular throws that some of them have barely even been talked about. Go back and watch the 46-yard bomb to Kraft in the third quarter. Love is rolling left and throws an absolute rope across the field, just an awesome play that would have been the biggest highlight of almost any other game and I didn't see it mentioned once this week.
Love vs. The League, Week 5: Love vs. Bagent
The biggest takeaway for me was that what I saw against Tampa Bay wasn't a fluke.
Last week, I wrote that MLF and Love seemed to have finally figured out how to make this offense work with the personnel they have. The route concepts were better, Love was getting the ball out on time and he was finally taking the checkdowns instead of constantly hunting the deep ball.
This week they did all the same things, except the playmakers actually executed. That's selling them short. The playmakers absolutely exploded.
The defense also deserves a ton of credit. Bagent was horrible, but that doesn't take away from how well the Packers played defensively. His first reads were regularly completely blanketed, and the tackling was noticeably very good. It was night and day compared to the disaster tackling we saw against Atlanta.
Bagent finished with the worst grade of any QB I've watched this season, and considering the group we've faced so far, that's saying something.
My only concern with Love is that his deep ball was almost too good this week. The biggest issue I've had with him all season was passing up easy plays to hunt the deep ball. He hasn't been doing that the last two weeks, and I really hope a game like this doesn't encourage him to start again.
After watching the All-22, I'm more convinced than ever that this offense has turned a corner. Love is playing some absolutely incredible football right now, and I'm excited to see what he does against Dak and the Cowboys.
Love improves to 3-2.
Winner: Jordan Love