![]() And he did it the right way, he waited his time and you never heard one peep or complaint out of him. ![]() "As an athlete, you want to come in and play right away, and that wasn't Jordan's case he didn't have that opportunity. So, he believes in himself, he cares about everybody around him, and we've seen him just come in consistently and just work, work, work. You've got to believe in yourself, or nobody else is going to believe in you. "He believes in himself, first off," Packers running back Aaron Jones said. In fact, confidence was a theme during his 17-minute news conference with reporters at Lambeau Field, and others have taken note. In his first public comments since Rodgers was traded to the Jets, Love made it clear that he's not here to emulate Rodgers but spoke admiringly about the confidence with which Rodgers played. But yeah, it's definitely felt like a while." I think the next two years kinda went a little bit faster, kinda flew by. "Rookie year, it's a long year, first year in the league, first year playing a full season. "But at the same time, I think the first year was the longest," Love added. Seemed like a while, looking back on it." Of the wait, Love said: "Seemed like three years. Last season, his only meaningful action came in the fourth quarter of a late-season loss at Philadelphia. ![]() In his second year, he started only one game - a loss at Kansas City that Rodgers missed. As a rookie, he was robbed of preseason action because the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out all the preseason games. Love knew he wouldn't play right away even though Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst traded up to draft him at No. I'm gonna get preseason and who knows what happens after that, so just grow and try and become the best version of myself, and I can't really control what happens after that, so let it play out.'" "It was kinda like, 'OK, well, where do we go from here? What do I do?' And I think I sat back, thought to myself and just came back with the approach, like, 'Let's just go ball out any opportunity I get. "I'll admit, I think the hardest time was when he re-signed the contract last year," Love said of the three-year, $150 million contract Rodgers signed with the Packers in March 2022. I'm always just grateful to be around him and for the time I had with him, to be able to learn and be behind him. "Kind of just, 'Wish you the best going forward.' He wished me the best and always there for me if I need anything, if I have any questions or anything. "We talked after the trade," Love said of Rodgers. ![]() That doesn't mean the lessons won't continue now that Love has Rodgers' old job as the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback and Rodgers has moved on to the New York Jets. Three years to watch how Rodgers practiced, prepared and played. The one thing Jordan Love had as Aaron Rodgers' backup was time. Now QB1, Jordan Love 'grateful' for time behind Aaron Rodgers You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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