The Jordan Love selection was one of the most surprising moments in Green Bay Packers draft history since, well, they drafted Aaron Rodgers in the first round in 2005. Getting a quarterback when Rodgers still had four years left on his old contract and entering the final stages of his Packers tenure was a controversial decision, but one that ultimately has been proven smart.
But how did Jordan Love feel? What was his experience like? After the 2023 season, his first as a starter after three years on the bench, Love went to “The Edge”, Micah Parsons podcast, and talked about how it all transpired.
Pre-draft process
Sometimes, players get clues about which team might take them. Jordan Love didn’t have that. He said everyone executes similar processes, and it was hard to get a sense about who really liked him.
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“The whole process, you go to the Combine, you talk to every team in the Combine. They don’t give you too much, they just ask you questions, ask you about yourself, ask you how you are as a player. It’s all kinda similar stuff, but you don’t get a feel for who likes you,” Love said. “My year coming out, I knew there were certain teams that were going to be taking a quarterback. Obviously, we knew Joe Burrow, he was going to the Bengals. And it was kinda going to see what happens after that with the Dolphins and the Chargers and just go from there. But I had no idea.”