Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports Washington had 10 players drafted and over two dozen transfer players departed via the transfer portal this offseason. Things have changed mightily for the Washington Huskies since they lost to Michigan in the College Football Playoff National Championship in January. Head coach Kalen DeBoer left to replace Nick Saban at Alabama. Heisman finalist quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was drafted No. 8 overall (Atlanta Falcons), top wideout Rome Odunze was right behind Penix at No. 9 (Chicago Bears), and offensive tackle Troy Fautanu went No. 20 overall (Pittsburgh Steelers). Washington had 10 players drafted and over two dozen transfer players departed via the transfer portal this offseason, which is a staggering exodus and one hard for a program to overcome immediately from. New Washington head coach Jedd Fisch, who’s coming off a 10-3 season at Arizona, acknowledged how different the 2024 team is. “We are proud to be Huskies. We are proud to be in the @bigten Conference.”#AllAboutTheW x #B1GMediaDays pic.twitter.com/0cV207tJC1— Washington Football (@UW_Football) July 26, 2024 “We will have 46 new scholarship athletes on a team that competed in the National Championship,” Fisch said on Thursday at Big Ten Media Day. “We’ll have an entire new coaching staff, an entire new training staff, an entire new strength staff, an entire new nutrition staff, and 21 of 22 new starters on August 31st. That has never been done before, and we’re excited about that challenge.” Fisch said that now is a “perfect time to rebrand and reboot” due to revenue sharing, NIL, and the NCAA increasing the scholarship restriction of 85 players to 105. Projections don’t think the reboot will be successful right out of the gate for Fisch and Washington. ESPN’s FPI (Football Power Index) currently ranks Washington at No. 31 heading into the season and gives them just a 68.9 percent chance of winning at least six games. Washington finished last year with a 14-1 record and a final ranking of No. 12 in the FPI. Their odds of a Big Ten Championship during their first year in the conference aren’t high either. Washington has the ninth-best odds (+8000) of winning the Big Ten on DraftKings Sportsbook. Despite potential growing pains in 2024, there are reasons for Washington fans to still be excited about the season. Washington brought in 28 transfer players, including former Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers who has 40 career starts, 12,315 passing yards, and 94 touchdowns. Rogers is a worthy successor to Penix Jr. and someone whose experience and leadership will be leaned on heavily. Then there’s new defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. Fisch noted that Belichick has been around the Washington program, as has former USC and Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll. Fisch finds Belichick and Carroll being around the program to be a selling point to recruits. "We never took an offensive snap at a disadvantage."Jake Butt (@Jbooty88) played for Jedd Fisch, and credits the new @UW_Football coach for helping turn around Michigan. #B1GFootball x #B1GMediaDays pic.twitter.com/1M9XzriU7F— Washington on BTN (@WashingtonOnBTN) July 25, 2024 “It’s such an advantage for us when Coach Belichick comes out to practice, Coach Carroll comes out to practice,” Fisch explained. “You’ve got two of the four or five coaches of the Mount Rushmore of coaches that are completely invested in our football program, which is one of the main reasons that we say we’re going to give players the best chance to go play in the NFL.” Belichick and Carroll being around the team won’t hurt, but they won’t be the men who are responsible for this reboot being a success or a sinker. If Washington winds up surpassing expectations it’ll mean Fisch was among the best coaches in college football this season. He is lasered in on his vision and is acknowledging all the uphill battles they’ve faced and those that are yet to come. He said he’s excited about the challenge, and the hope will be that makes his players excited right along with him.

Photo by Peter Fox - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images VCARB might be facing an uphill climb at the Belgian Grand Prix Visa Cash App RB F1 Team saw their Belgian Grand Prix get off to a “tough” start during Friday’s two practice sessions. And with rain in the forecast, and Yuki Tsunoda facing a massive grid penalty in the Grand Prix itself, things could get even tougher over the weekend. In Friday’s first practice session, Daniel Ricciardo posted the 13th-fastest session, while Tsunoda was a bit further back in the field, with the 16th-fastest time. FP2 brought even more struggles, as Ricciardo finished in P14, and Tsunoda down in P20. While Ricciardo noted some of the positives from the session, he acknowledged the challenges ahead of VCARB in the team’s post-practice media report. “It was nice to drive here today in dry conditions; they resurfaced part of the track, and a lot of corners have more grip which feels good,” said Ricciardo. “Today was a proper test day for us, we tried a lot of things, and I was happier in FP2 compared to this morning. We still need to find a few more tenths for tomorrow but it may rain, and if quali is the only wet session, we won’t have much time to figure it out and find the grip. This will be a challenge for all of us. Sunday looks dry though, so at least we are comfortable, given what we learned today.” With Tsunoda facing a start at the back of the grid, Friday was all about learning. “We tried a few things today and know some areas we want to look at and improve tomorrow. I have a grid penalty on Sunday for taking new power unit elements, so it’ll be about maximising as much as possible this weekend,” said Tsunoda. “The track has a new surface in places which is nice and smooth, and I was able to find more grip. It’s a nice modification and we have a good opportunity to learn more tomorrow and find the most optimum set up. Usually, we perform quite well in the rain, and with the conditions looking mixed this weekend it throws another element into the mix.” With VCARB installing an entirely new power unit on Tsunoda’s RB01 — and all six components exceeding the allotment under the rules for a single season, carrying a ten-place grid drop as a result — Tsunoda is facing a technical 60-place grid penalty. That means no matter how his qualifying session goes on Saturday, he will be at the back of the grid on Sunday. VCARB Racing Director Alan Permane summed up the day this way: A tough day on our side, we have Yuki starting from the back of the grid on Sunday due to his PU penalty, so he’s been focusing a little bit more on race preparation,” said Permane. “We’ve got some work to do to find some more rear grip, so we’ll be working in the simulator overnight with several set-up items to test out, with a view to trying those on the car in FP3. On a positive note, Daniel’s long run pace was not only quick, but had very low degradation. We have much more confidence in our long run pace than our short run pace and we’ll be aiming to improve that for tomorrow.”

Miami Dolphins have been all splash, no swim with Tua Tagovailoa I imagine having a sports car is pretty fun. Driving fast with the roof down blaring “Beer For My Horses” by Toby Keith while everyone else stops, stares and wishes they were you. I imagine it’s quite exhilarating. Until winter comes. Then you really wish you had an SUV. That’s what the Miami Dolphins are. They are the NFL’s convertible. And instead of saving their money for an upgrade, they got antsy and invested it all into a vehicle that won’t get them where they need to go by paying Tua Tagovailoa. The Tua Tagovailoa problem If you just look at stats alone, you’d say Tua is one of the best quarterbacks in football. Over the last two seasons, he’s had a passer rating over 100, thrown 54 touchdowns, is fifth in EPA per play, fourth in adjusted EPA per play, and sixth in CPOE. The Dolphins also led the NFL in total offense in 2023 and were second in points. However, Miami has been dreadful when it comes to playing the great teams across the NFL. Last season (including playoffs), the Dolphins were 1-6 against playoff teams. In those games, they averaged 16.6 points per game and Tua threw eight touchdowns to seven interceptions. They weren’t just losing these games, they were getting humiliated. In their six combined losses to the Bills, Eagles, Ravens, and Chiefs, they were outscored 203-91. On a per-game basis, that averages out to a 34-15 loss. And if you go back to 2022 (including playoffs), they are 5-12 against teams that finished the year with winning records over the last two seasons. To compare, the Bills are 12-7 against teams that finished with winning records over the last two seasons (including playoffs). Miami has been all splash and no swim with Tua, especially when the weather gets cold. Miami is 0-11 in their last 11 games when the temperature at kickoff is under 40 degrees. Playing in a conference where you have to go to Cincinnati, Kansas City, Buffalo, Baltimore Pittsburgh, Cleveland, New York etc. in order to get to a Super Bowl, that is more than enough to discount the Dolphins as serious contenders by itself until they prove they can win in the cold. The lack of winning pedigree against the top tier teams of the NFL combined with Tua’s lackluster performances in those games and the inability to perform in the cold are all massive red flags that Miami ignored while sitting at the negotiating table, and that will all but certainly come back to haunt them when they are sent home every January between now and the end of Tua’s new extension. NFL coaches don’t fear Tua Tagovailoa If any of the previous evidence was damning enough for Tua, the opinions of NFL coaches should be. In a piece for Sports Illustrated written by Matt Verderame, multiple NFL defensive coordinators are quoted as saying that Tua isn’t feared around the league, one of which discussed how they prepare to play the Dolphins and how much of that prep is allocated towards stopping Tua. “The best way to look at it is, you prepare for the speed at skill positions and Mike McDaniel, and then Tua,” one coordinator said. “He doesn’t like to get hit or read coverage. When is he at his best? RPOs and the quick game. Next question to ask yourself is how many quarterbacks would you take before him?” The last part of that quote is maybe the most important. Are you taking Tua over Trevor Lawrence? Kyler Murray? Hell, Brock Purdy? I’m not. Overall, I’d take 18 quarterbacks over Tua, and depending on how Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Anthony Richardson look this season, that number will probably climb to 21. The Dolphins shouldn’t have handcuffed themselves to Tua simply because his numbers are gaudy. Look at how many teams in recent memory have done that because they felt like their hands were tied. The Jacksonville Jaguars did it with Blake Bortles and the New York Giants did it with Daniel Jones. While Tua is better than those two, at least Bortles and Jones can say they’ve won playoff games. The Dolphins have had the league’s most explosive offense in the regular season with two of the best receivers in football for two years, and they have as many playoff wins as you the reader do to show for it. And while moving on may have been a risk, it would have been better to take that leap of faith than to marry a quarterback that lowers their ceiling.

Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad face off | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad are set to run things back. This Saturday, Edwards and Muhammad face off for the welterweight title in the main event of UFC 304, a rematch of their 2021 fight that ended in a no-contest after an inadvertent eye poke rendered Muhammad unable to continue. How much can we learn from their first fight, how much has each man changed since then, and who will leave Manchester, England with welterweight gold? Let’s take a look. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paths to Victory for Leon Edwards at UFC 304 Edwards has become one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport because of his exceptional well-roundedness. Primarily a kickboxer, Edwards is an elite anti-wrestler, but he’s also willing to employ clinch tactics and wrestling of his own if the occasion calls for it, meaning “Rocky” can compete in all phases and take fights to the one that favors his opponent the least. The basis off all of this is footwork. Edwards is very good at controlling the range and angling out of pressure, or collapsing it when necessary. The straw that stirs the drink for Edwards is that he’s the one dictating where the action is taking place. And in the first fight with Muhammad, that gave Edwards a huge advantage. Muhammad is a pressure fighter, and Edwards came out very aggressively, putting Muhammad on his heels where he’s least comfortable. From there, Edwards continually snapped in kicks to the body to set that range and stymie Muhammad. When Muhammad did try to get things going, Edwards would simply back out or switch stances, again disrupting Muhammad’s offense, and there’s no reason to think he can’t do the same on Saturday. The other big weapon for Edwards in their first fight, and one that should carry through to Saturday, is the jab + rear-hand straight. Edwards does not have a great jab, but it’s a good enough setup punch and he used it to sneak in long rear-straights from either stance that found the mark consistently. Then, when Muhammad began to parry the straight punches, Edwards snuck a head kick over the guard that hurt Muhammad. Again, all of that should be available to Edwards on Saturday. As far as something new, we saw some of it in the first encounter but Edwards looks to be the superior clinch fighter of the two. Edwards has good positioning in tie-ups and more importantly finds tricky ways to get angles and land good knees. One of the primary ways Edwards can lose this fight is to simply get out-worked by Muhammad, so finding refuge in the clinches should “Remember the Name” start building momentum is a good safety valve. Ultimately for Edwards, the plan for Muhammad is simply to be a more aggressive version of himself. Taking the wind out of Muhammad’s sails early, and slowing the pace down, favors him substantially as he’s the superior technician of the two, and it’s unclear if Muhammad has a deep enough bag of tricks to find something else. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paths to victory for Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 Muhammad is currently on a 10-fight unbeaten streak backed primarily by his blend of pressure, wrestle-boxing, and cardio. It’s a potent combination but one that won’t be enough to overcome Edwards without some changes. As discussed above, Muhammad really struggled with Edwards’s range and aggression in the first matchup, and those are problems that persist for Muhammad across all opponents. Muhammad is a snowball rolling down hill but he does need to get rolling first, and if you never let him out of first gear, his offense is lackluster. Muhammad cannot let Edwards dictate the pace and range of the fight or he’s lost before the bout is even begun. So how does he do that? Well, the first part sounds simple but can be rather hard: he has to accept damage. In the first fight, Muhammad got stuck at range in part because he simply didn’t like getting hit when he came in. Well, tough cookies. Getting hit is no one’s idea of a good time (OK, maybe it is for Justin Gaethje), but it’s the price of admission to this fight as Edwards is bigger, faster, and has good footwork. And while it may suck to walk headlong into offense, the truth is that sitting at range is actually worse, because like Muhammad, Edwards doesn’t want to be pressured. Edwards wants to stand in space and have a slow-paced kickboxing match. Muhammad cannot acquiesce to that and hope to win. Once Muhammad accepts that he’s going to have to walk through fire, the biggest priority is getting Edwards to the fence. Edwards is a very good anti-wrestler but if you put him near the fence, it restricts his ability to create space, and smothering Edwards is the key for Muhammad to find consistent success. To do this Muhammad is going to need to double and triple-up his jab. The jab was Muhammad’s only real weapon of success in the first match and it’s crucial in this one. The last piece of the puzzle for Muhammad is the wrestling. Edwards is a great defensive wrestler and good at standing up, but when we have seen people stymie him, it’s been with smothering top control. Kamaru Usman’s greatest success against Edwards came from putting him along the fence and controlling him. Muhammad is not that level of wrestler or of control grappler, but he is exceptionally well-conditioned and that counts for a lot. Wrestle early, wrestle often and make Edwards work from the opening bell, because the same shots that might get stuffed in the first round will start to land as Edwards slows down. The more Muhammad can make Edwards work, the better his chances as the fight drags on. X-Factors The time. This event takes place in Manchester, England and for some reason, the powers that be decided that regardless, it needs to happen on traditional U.S. pay-per-view times. That means that when Edwards and Muhammad actually make the walk, it will be around 5 a.m. local time. That is a huge departure from when most fighters are used to competing and could screw things up for either or both men if they aren’t properly prepared. Both men are professionals and clearly aware of this heading into the bout, but if either of them slacked on this specific preparation, that’s a huge advantage for the other come fight night (morning). Prediction As much as I like Muhammad as a fighter, this is a tough matchup for him. Edwards is bigger, younger, faster, and has a wider range of tools than him. Moreover, Muhammad does not have the sort of high-powered offense that would at least give him a gambler’s chance of landing something. It’s simply not who he is, and Edwards knows that. This fight is extremely likely to look like every Leon Edwards fight, a masterclass of range and subtle movement that is not broadly appealing to the public because there aren’t big, flashy moments. Instead, Edwards will simply outland Muhammad for most of the fight and walk away with another clear but uninspiring decision. Leon Edwards def. Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46).

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Packers shouldn’t upset the Football Gods, and they should sign Jordan Love to an extension. There are those NFL teams who struggle for decades to find their franchise quarterbacks. And then there are the Green Bay Packers. From the time they traded a first-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons for Brett Favre on Feb. 11, 1992, and Favre became the team’s first actual team-defining quarterback since Bart Starr, the Packers’ quarterback transitions have been… well, dramatic in a personal sense, but seamless on the field. They selected Cal’s Aaron Rodgers with the 24th pick in the 2005 draft, sat Rodgers behind Favre for three years, and then began the succession plan, and Favre began the plot that would see him retiring and un-retiring more often than The Who. Rodgers became perhaps the greatest thrower of the football the game has ever seen, but that didn’t stop the team from selecting Utah State’s Jordan Love with the 26th pick in the 2021 draft — and trading up to do it. That put Rodgers on his own “What about me?” path, and ended with Rodgers being traded to the Jets (as Favre had been years before) on Apr. 26, 2023, and advancing his own personal dramas. Now it’s Love’s show, and while there were some rocky moments at the start of the 2023 season — his one-touchdown, five-interception stretch against the Detroit Lions and the Las Vegas Raiders was particularly disconcerting — the third-year man eventually put it all together more definitively than even the most optimistic Packers fan could have hoped. Love’s transformation was real, and it was spectacular. In the first half of the 2023 season, Love completed 155 of 260 passes (59%) for 1,720 yards (6.6 yards per attempt), 12 touchdowns, eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 81.9. From Week 10 through the Packers’ Divisional Round loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Love completed 254 of 374 passes (67.9%), 2,904 yards (7.8 YPA), 25 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 107.7. The Packers rose up from 12th in FTN’s Passing DVOA in the first half of the season (Weeks 1-9) to second in the second half of the season, behind only the aforementioned 49ers. In the building, there’s little doubt that the Jordan Love we all saw in the second half of the season is the Jordan Love we can expect from now on. “The thing that’s always stood out to me about him is he just doesn’t waver in his commitment, his work ethic,” Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said in March at the 2024 owners’ meetings. “I think there was a certain level of confidence, not just with Jordan, but with our entire football team as we went through the second half of the season that got them excited. But the work ethic, the way he goes about his business — that doesn’t seem to waver, and that’s a good sign for the future.” At publication time, Love and the Packers are working through what his second NFL contract will look like, and what that will mean for the team’s future. Right now, it seems that the Packers have hit it big once again on the game’s most important position, and in a way that other franchises must just observe in envious wonder. So, the question remains: Which Jordan Love from last season is the one we’ll see in 2024 and beyond? A rough beginning under pressure led to better results. Love was not a consistent passer early in the 2023 season. He had a tendency to drift in the pocket when he didn’t have to, he was at times careless with the synchronization of his upper and lower body, and he made throws (especially deep throws) that had you wondering what he was seeing out there. Those flaws showed up early in the season most drastically under pressure, and Love’s eventual solutions for those problems made him an entirely different quarterback under duress in the second half of the season. From Weeks 1-9, when pressured, Love completed 26 of 60 passes (43.3%) for 329 yards (5.5 YPA), two touchdowns, three interceptions, and a passer rating of 51.3 — fourth-worst in the league, behind Daniel Jones, Bryce Young, and Mac Jones — not at all where you want your quarterback to be. Then, from Week 10 on, Love completed 59 of 109 passes under pressure (54.1%) for 901 yards (8.3 YPA), nine touchdowns, two interceptions, and a passer rating of 101.5 — the best in the NFL. LaFleur’s schematic lifts helped Love, but this was really more about how Love conducted himself as a quarterback when things fell apart. It made all the difference. Now, Love was the right kind of quarterback under pressure, and that seems sustainable. Jordan Love was an entirely different quarterback under pressure in the second half of the season. Less drifting in the pocket, and he threw with a firmer base and better timing when he had to leave the pocket. A major part of that late-season breakout. pic.twitter.com/RNki3OxNEV— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) July 26, 2024 Motion created commotion As Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is a student of both the Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay schools — he worked with Shanahan in Houston, Washington, and Atlanta, and with McVay in Washington and Los Angeles – it should surprise nobody that pre-snap motion is a big part of LaFleur’s offensive concepts. Last season, the Packers ranked ninth in dropbacks with pre-snap motion with 380 (the Kansas City Chiefs led the league with 574), and only the 49ers, Miami Dolphins, and Los Angeles Rams had more rushing attempts with motion than Green Bay’s 375. In Weeks 1-9, with pre-snap motion, Love completed 81 of 126 passes for 805 yards, 306 air yards, nine touchdowns, three interceptions, and a passer rating of 96.2 – the 12th-highest passer rating among quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts with pre-snap motion. In Week 10 through the Divisional Round, it was a different story for Love: 160 of 224 for 1,853 yards, 930 air yards, a league-high 17 touchdowns, one interception, and a league-high passer rating of 119.5. Love was a better quarterback down the stretch on his own, but LaFleur’s motion concepts were also just diabolical. This was about more than just giving his quarterback man/zone coverage indicators; the Packers dialed up motion-beaters for every type of coverage. This 27-yard pass to Jayden Reed with 8:42 left in the second quarter of the Divisional Round game against the 49ers that ended Green Bay’s season was nonetheless a perfect example of how Love benefited from his coach’s evil genius. San Francisco was in Cover-3, with safety Logan Ryan dropping down from a two-high look, and Tashaun Gipson staying up top. Receiver Bo Melton motioned from a Twins left look with Reed to an alignment closer to the formation, and Melton then worked across the backfield, showing a sweep look to a quick outlet opening. Tight end Luke Musgrave took the top off with his vertical route, and linebacker Dre Greenlaw’s need to scope Melton in the flat left Reed wide open over the middle on his 15-yard crosser. The concept worked so well, Love would have had an easy opening to either Reed on the crosser, or Melton in the flat. Not many coaches were more diabolical in creating favorable matchups with pre-snap motion last season than Matt LaFleur of the @packers. LaFleur has answers for every type of coverage. More interestingly, he'll burn huge holes in enemy defenses with motion and deployment. pic.twitter.com/MlRngi79z9— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) July 26, 2024 The Packers also love to motion to trips, where they’ll send two receivers up top to clear out the coverage, and the third receiver running an intermediate out-cut. Depending on the coverage, Love can either hit the intermediate guy, or take it further downfield. In this case against the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card round, Dallas was in Cover-3. Reed (who motioned across) and Melton ran the verts, which left a matchup between receiver Romeo Doubs and Cowboys linebacker Damone Clark… which wasn’t much of a matchup at all. Love this concept from the Packers. Motion to trips, two verts with an in-cut, and it's up to the quarterback to hit the best matchup. Here, it was Cowboys linebacker Damone Clark vs. Romeo Doubs. Easy money. pic.twitter.com/rSVcpSf5on— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) July 26, 2024 Play-action was another schematic must You’ll notice that both of these plays also featured under-center play-action, which points to another area of Love’s development. Younger quarterbacks who struggle to see the field tend to shy away from under-center play-action, because to execute the fake, they have to turn their backs to the defense — and in today’s NFL, the coverage before and after you whip back around can be completely different. In Weeks 1-9, Love completed 43 of 63 passes with play-action for 466 yards, 150 air yards, five touchdowns, three interceptions, and a passer rating of 96.4. Week 10 through the end of the season? Love completed 81 of 108 passes for 1,053 yards, 537 air yards, seven touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 126.8. Only Lamar Jackson (nine) had more touchdowns in that span in play-action; only Jared Goff (115, 82, and 1,092) had more attempts, completions, and passing yards than Love; only Joe Flacco (546, go figure) had more air yards, and only Derek Carr and C.J. Stroud had higher passer ratings in that time. Love’s under-center play-action game also improved; his passer rating on such throws jumped from 97.6 in Weeks 1-9 to 130.1 in the second half. In every way possible, Jordan Love was one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks in the second half of his first full season as an NFL starter. That has a lot of value. It has even more value if it stands up to the forward years. Love’s alignment with his coaches’ preferred concepts, and his maturation both in and out of those concepts, point to this being more than just a one-off couple of months. Will the real Jordan Love please stand up? “He had a hell of a year,” LaFleur said of Love at his season-ending press conference. “Let’s not look past that. He really did. Just to see the growth… The results speak for themselves, but the growth of him as just the commander out there. He’s an extension of us, and I thought the ownership that he showed, the leadership that he showed, was a great sign for us.” Well, “extension” is an interesting word. As the Packers and Love continue to circle around the obvious contract questions, the subject du jour is: Which Jordan Love are the Packers about to extend? The one they developed over 2 ½ years, or the guy who truly broke out over that second half of the season? The interception to 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw with 52 seconds left in the 24-21 Divisional playoff loss was a heartbreaker, and an unfortunate regression to Love’s previous YOLO tendencies. Jordan Love's 2023 season ended horribly, but just about everything else in the second half of his season was gold. pic.twitter.com/9q27jrUvk2— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) July 26, 2024 But just about everything else told the Packers that they have their guy, and that it’s time to transact. After all, when you have this kind of good fortune with franchise quarterbacks, why test the Football Gods? (All advanced metrics courtesy of Pro Football Focus and Sports Info Solutions unless otherwise indicated).