GREEN BAY, Wis. — One of the superpowers that Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love possesses is his uncanny, almost unbelievable ability to stay calm, cool, and collected in high-pressure moments.
Remaining composed in a two-minute drill is one thing, but dropping back to pass with a mere two seconds to survey the field before absorbing a violent collision from an unblocked rusher is an entirely different animal. It’s the animal that Love, for the most part, tamed in Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
In Love’s sixth meeting with Brian Flores, the Vikings’ maniacal defensive coordinator, he was blitzed in some capacity on 87 percent of his dropbacks. Love managing to get the ball out of his hand just before ending up on his back became almost routine. Head coach Matt LaFleur counted what he estimated to be 15 hits on his quarterback, but offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich later revealed that it was actually 18.
And yet, Love never flinched. No matter what Flores and a defensive front hellbent on breaking him in half threw at him, Love remained undeterred.
