What Happened to the 25 Players Drafted Before Jordan Love?

[@richarris1111]

Had Love been picked earlier he may have been forced to start before he was ready. He was raw as hell.

[@edrueter9]

Exactly this. He could have ended up on the Bengals, forced on the field early, and fell out of the league by now.

[@suds289]

@@edrueter9true

[@erikpuka2627]

Still is. He is not a good QB if you watch the film. Just got an elite playcaller

[@tydy1123455]

@@erikpuka2627 watch the cowboys packers game and tell me that again with a straight face lol

[@jakobhazeltine2688]

@@erikpuka2627bro threw off his back foot for like the whole cowboys game and niners game

[@JamesOutdors]

I’m happy love was takin that late because he wouldn’t be the player he is today without the packers

[@thehalftimeshow]

Right. Another team would have easily forced him into action and not taken the time to allow him to develop into who he is today.

[@HorizonPlayz28]

Exactly

[@billmadison9010]

The Packers are the only team using this strategy. Well actually the Lions are doing it with H.Hooker but you'd figure there would be more teams trying it. Hell if I'm the Bears why not start Fields this final year of his contract and let Caleb watch and slowly learn and start the following year. Fields is still cheap.

[@CinemaJacket]

This comment aged poorly​@@billmadison9010

[@brucefellenz7637]

@@billmadison9010Mahomes sat for 1 year behind Alex Smith

[@noelsemzelensky9322]

2020 draft class was LOADED

[@theofficialwaltee]

Absolutely. There Even More Studs In This Class Like Jalen Hurts Tee Higgins And Micheal Pittman

[@bpluch]

You are 100 right

[@t-man152]

​@@theofficialwalteeTee, JT, and more of what I can remember

[@israelramirez1543]

New generation coming in a lot of these drafts are gonna have players that will be known eventually

[@BengalsBillsFan2015]

@@theofficialwalteeand Joe Burrow

[@luisdg6232]

Everytime I think of Jordan Love I always think of Tom Grossi’s draft reaction 😂

[@bklounge_golf]

Which is exactly why fans shouldn’t be or pretend to be GMs.

[@DyslexicLemonz]

Nah, his reaction was fair. Love is great, but we had so many needs and guttie didn't draft those needs. If you recall we had an MVP QB the but still couldn't get a Super Bowl.

[@bklounge_golf]

@@DyslexicLemonz correct, so many that the draft couldn’t patch them all. The pick of Love has now set us up to be in contention for the next 10 years. Rodgers just couldn’t get it done. I would argue it was more so due to TT having dementia while he was the guy deciding the roster. His drafts from 2012-2017 were atrocious and was a big reason why we could never make a run. That and thinking it was a good idea to fill defensive starters with undrafted rookies (M.D. Jennings) So a first rounder wasn’t going to be the difference. Tom was just being a fan who thought GB was a player away, and they weren’t.

[@theamazingoppo4918]

@@bklounge_golfdid you watch the rest of Tom’s reaction where he praises Love? Or have you only seen the first part, and are ignorant.

[@bklounge_golf]

@@theamazingoppo4918 he can praise him all he wants. He thought BG was an idiot for making the selection. My point is he’s smarter than a fan (which is Tom) and understands the complexities of roster building in the NFL. What are you not getting here bud.

[@kurtisbro28]

I think Green Bay made a great decision, I was honestly questioning it but now I’m happy we did, we made a solid pick with Love and we will see some great improvements in his play. Last year was the first year starting and he did better than most of us expected.

[@thehalftimeshow]

Honest fan! Thank you for sharing!

[@andyl9920]

All the pack fans were crying bout this pick! Now theyre all up on his train!

[@Dammit_Jae]

The Reagor pick still haunts me to this day...

[@robertmoraga1501]

I'll ever be haunted by the Tony Mandarich pick! And just before Barry Sanders no less...

[@jamescassara1341]

The Love pick brings to mind the adage that it's better to draft a QB before you need one.

[@timq6224]

any true packer fan understood the jordan love pick. We all had the "wait and you'll see" mentality. He had all the upside, and given time to mature behind one of the best ever, we knew he could be just as good (without the lunacy)

[@thesteveterryproject9611]

I get the feeling that the guy reading the script in this video knows less about football than the average person in the comments

[@SanguineMalcontent]

That's a tall task.

[@christhayil8354]

No team has ever been better at developing drafted talent than Green Bay!!!!

[@WillMuny]

And yet they have the same amount of Super Bowls as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 1970. 6 Years before the Bucs even existed. Brad Johnson and Tom Brady combined to start 99 games for the Bucs and won 2 Super Bowls. Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre combined to start 476 games for the Packers and won 2 Super Bowls.

[@aubesucks]

@@WillMunyand the patriots have 4 more than you since then. Who cares, Packers have been relevant and in contention for over 30 years. Not easy to do.

[@WillMuny]

@@aubesucks Bucs did not need Brady to win a Super Bowl. The Pathetic Pats did, and they needed to cheat.

[@aubesucks]

@@WillMuny lmao that bucs team doesn’t touch the playoffs without Brady. Delusional

[@WillMuny]

@@aubesucks Pats have zero Super Bowls without Brady, Bucs have One. I know it is hard to deal with, but You Can Do It!!!

[@brianstrack1005]

Jerry Jeudy wearing the star of David necklace always gets me 😂

[@baconcurtain5089]

I forget how loaded the 2020 draft was

[@picklenik9658]

It’s crazy how good the draft run from J. Jettas at 22 to Patrick Queen at 28 is, some absolute gems in the late 1st

[@LZ21-]

Yeh except ruiz sucks now 😞 wish we just took love at 24 or aiyuk

[@joer1678]

Love was considered a top ten pick the year before. His coaching all left along with all his top players. His stats suffered so he dropped. Todd Mcshay said he was the qb with the most upside

[@sebastianm.2901]

Honestly i think even if we (Packers) would have traded up and drafted Justin Jefferson instead of Jordan Love, it wouldn´t have been enough against that Tampa defense in 2020 and in 2021 our defense and special teams would have hurt us too much anyway to win.

[@Playsinvain]

Could be right…but then where would pack be now. I like the chances for many trophies with Love

[@paulallen3617]

Respect your opinion but Jefferson was OROY and absolutely 100% chance he makes GB on Offense better. Add him and DB69 and I’m about 60% sure the Packers make the SB. Not sure about beating KC because all teams match up different. 40% chance GB wins both games

[@stevemlejnek7073]

Had the Packers taken TJ Watt instead of trading down and taking Kevin King, they would have gone to the Super Bowl.

[@halolsen3151]

Could you have imagined Jefferson and Adams on the same team? That would have changed the landscape of the offense, the Bucs would have had no chance. 49ers wouldn't have been able to double cover Adams. We should all agree that the Packers neglected WR for way too long because they didn't take a receiver in the 1st or 2nd round since Adams in 2014 at the time of the Jordan Love pick.

[@seantyson1422]

Still should have given Rodgers the chance

[@parkersperry6904]

It’s cool how the falcons selected the guy who’s hometown is Atlanta

[@brett1234-s7f]

Dont wanna seem crazy but a lot of the plays love makes really remind me of a young mobile rodgers

[@YurUp-hz6wn]

Packers got the infinite HOF QB Glitch lol 😂😂

[@cryogeneric]

QB's who are given time to sit and learn behind a vet tend to have better success. Just like Rodgers, Love has been given a few years to acclimate and--while he still has a lot more room to grow--it's definitely paid off. Even Mahomes got to sit for a year and he looked SO bad in the preseason of his rookie season that I wasn't sure about him. 😂

[@thehalftimeshow]

It’s a beneficial luxury for young QB’s

[@Nastynati0513]

Burrow started his 1st game though. Your statement is sort of a blanket statement that shouldn't apply to every team or player.

[@Sprinkles_the_cat]

I had doubts like i had with Rodgers and it proved me wrong good job brass

[@tubejay1]

I was one of those Packers fan who was loudly unhappy with the Love pick. He sure silenced me last season. I don't know if we have enough to say he'll be on par with Rodgers and Favre, but man, he sure has talent, and looks incredibly promising. It's hard to believe the Pack made it to the playoffs, and won a game, and almost beat the 49ers in the playoffs, in his first starting season. I think Rodgers does deserve credit too, for helping Love grow as a QB. Unlike Favre, he helped Love, taught him what he knew, and that definitely rubbed off on Love. I see a lot of Rodgers in Love.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Tom Clements doesn't get his due. The only QB coach to work with all three of them and has a TON to do with Rodgers and Love's development. He came out of retirement because he loves working with JLove and will be back next year at a young 73 years old

[@HaeravonFAQs]

I lived through the Favre-Rodgers transition. Really didn't like Rodgers, really didn't like the team not focusing on getting Favre a second ring. Then Favre shit the bed in Dallas, got benched, and Rodgers played great the remainder of the game. Got over the post-HOF QB fits back then, so I was neutral to Love when he was drafted. Granted, Rodgers made it easy to transition to Love in those last two years.

[@ericmorrissey5685]

As a packer fan of my own I'm realy glad The packs did

[@stephencifuentes5907]

Damm thinking about Broncos taking jeudy over jjettas is crazy!😂

[@jesusoftheapes]

This was a amazingly talented draft class. REALLY good.

[@guiilty368]

I feel like players picked from 15-30 tend to be better pros. If Packers ever draft a QB in rd1 I'm just gonna trust it lo! Even if Love still has 4 years left

[@danjacobsen7645]

Great comment. Please let the bears keep picking top ten as it’s entertaining watching them screw it up year after year

[@LdyVder]

Love this take that no one thought picking Love was a good idea when I saw more than one mock draft having the Packers taking him in the first round.

[@jaegybomb]

It was leaked about a week before the draft that GB had significant interest in him and the vast majority of fans were against it at the time. The popular thinking was that we should be pushing to compete as hard as we could the last couple years that we had Rodgers. A lot of the mocks were this is what I think will happen more than this is what I would do. I think up until like week 8 last year a lot of us were still fairly nervous about how it would turn out.

[@justinpuczylowski]

disrespected Herbert for no reason

[@sabbath_screamz666]

Mid

[@paulallen3617]

It doesn’t matter what I think. Imo after what we know now (still limited). Jordan was in correct order for QB however he’d be a Top 10-12 selection imo. Maybe maybe top 8

[@Steve-Loring]

"Herbert hasnt won anything" Yeah he plays for the fckn Chargers

[@IROC400]

GB is known for drafting a QB before they need one, and letting him learn on the bench. I will not be surprised if Love hoists the Lombardi Trophy and has a bust in Canton.

[@jimbucket2996]

As a packer fan I can honestly say I was happy with Majkowski at center when he got hurt. I wasn't excited about drafting Rodgers and was pissed when Favre got traded. I didn't get excited when Love was drafted but I saw the writing on the wall and took it in stride. Sometimes I think it would be easier to be a Bears fan just to get excited about a linebacker or kick returner.

[@schaaf9637]

I believe that Love was fortunate to sit and learn behind Rodgers. As some here said, Love was raw but with great potential

[@sullivanrealestategroup]

Pack traded up before SG’s pick to Aiyuk thinking SF were going in another direction. Love was the only player left with a 1st rd grade

[@jaehong1029]

and if you look at the players drafted after Love... Packers were right about their 1st rd grades

[@joshhunsberger1413]

That's a solid draft class

[@justjoshin6180]

the next great qb

[@randomgrinn]

This fan said at the time you MUST draft QBs before you need them. Also all the Round 1 WRs were gone, so people saying they should have gone WR are just wrong. Thank God fans don't make the picks.

[@Dinkspray]

Higgins was there though. Who went 2nd pick of second rd and wouldn’t had to move up either.

[@daedricmage2118]

Packers know how to pick them QB’s & developing them

[@folumb]

Don't pretend Love would have been good in 2021.... What happened to Love used to be how all rookie QBs (even those taken in 1st round) would be treated. It was previously unheard of to start a rookie QB if you weren't trying to run them off. This is what can happen if you draft a QB to a situation they can sit and learn. He's a bust if he goes to most other teams

[@ryanney4762]

With the Eagles pic at the time we all were mad but now we really don’t care about as much because we got the Deonte Smith and AJ Brown. We were able to pay both of them plus our quarterback the Vikings have a wide receiver who wanted to break the bank And he did I’m happy where the Eagles end up

[@nightwinglopez]

I wish my Broncos would’ve picked Jefferson or Lamb

[@ErraticAssasin0]

pronouncing Tua's last name like that 💀

[@AtharvPinninti]

Ikr

[@r.williamcomm7693]

I’ve heard it worse but it was definitely off. Do you think this is a computer voice or a human reading the narration? Not sure if it’s acceptable & considered Westernized to pronounce the “Tung” syllable as “Tag” within linguistics. Some names are seen as proper to pronounce more along the spelling but thought that disappeared from the NFL with Brett Favre whose name was even made fun of in the movie “Something About Mary.”

[@tadsomato1940]

Brett "Favor" 🤣

[@danielmeuler2877]

Jordan Love wasn't ready to play until the middle of his 3rd season. He was Drafted in the back end of the 1st round. Right where a Developmental QB with a High Ceilling should be taken. He had a Very Low Floor. He needed the right place and time to develop. That is NOT a guy you take at the Top of the Draft.

[@CoalWang]

ceedee aiyuk and JJ DAMN

[@MisterSloth1]

RIP all the raiders player leaving the NFL

[@Mattvideoandshorts12]

The bills could’ve had Justin Jefferson, but they traded for Stefon Diggs and gave away their draft pick

[@daviddorger9207]

He is better than Burrows and Herbert now, but on draft day he was not. They were the right picks at that time.

[@truudaily4107]

I can tell you just making videos we traded up and drafted love at 12th overall

[@JeffChase-y5k]

It's not that the players are a bust. The teams drafting them. Don't develop. Coaches are on such a short leash. They don't have time to develop players anymore. They're throwing kids into a man's game and wonder why

[@thehalftimeshow]

Great point.

[@edtaber5326]

I think the packers missed put on a superbowl appearance by picking him. I also thing the absolute best thing for him was sitting behind Rodgers for 3 seasons. He looks great and was very raw entering camp.

[@chrisozzy56]

Die hard Packer fan since the early’60’s . Let’s not ordain Love as a HOFer just yet . Showed promise the back end of ‘23 , so there is reason for optimism , but until he does it again … and again … and again …

[@thehalftimeshow]

You guys are lucky to only have like 5 qbs since early 60's

[@markanthony1004]

I'll admit I was baffled that we simply didn't take a receiver, but as a Packers fan I had absolutely nothing against Love. All I could think was "Dude is going to sit for a while" didn't understand just how good that would be for him

[@omegasenpaiz]

I am not surprised about Jordan Love is the real deal for the Packers.

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Also. Why not put draft order numbers on the screen? It’s not hard & it’s a long list.

[@steveschmidt6847]

Because more people will watch the whole video this way, at least the channel hopes you will.

[@darkwulf2k]

There were plenty of good picks ahead of Love, and some who could of been if not for injuries. Would love to see what happened to the rest of the first round selections to see just how good this first round was.

[@dillonrostorfer202]

Could have*

[@mattwilliams3104]

The Packers and QBs: a case study. Vikings have a great opportunity to take a QB and let him sit for a year behind Sam Darnold and coach the guy up.

[@jimhresko9102]

absolutely right that Gruden and Mayock should never be in charge of another draft, anywhere. those guys didn’t do their homework. Ruggs couldn't catch a cold and OSU DBs have a history of being low character.

[@keenancowan7208]

Well to start. No one really heard of him. Secondly his name was Love. That was more than enough to make everybody mad....GO PACK GO

[@joer1678]

If he had come out the year before he was projected as a top ten pick

[@yoman338]

Maybe having your qb if possible sit behind a hall of gamer for three years is the way to go

[@stellardust6954]

Love probably should've been drafted in the 2nd round... the only reason he is where he is today is that he was able to develop behind a veteran QB, and the Packers development program is probably the best in the NFL. The Packets front office had a cheat code formula for QB development akin to the Pythagorean theorem in geometry. If I'm ever a QB in college and the Packers are 2-3 years out at changing QBs, I'm crossing my fingers they take me.

[@steveschmidt6847]

Now that Justin Herbert has Jim Harbaugh, look out. Remember what Harbaugh did with Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick? Imagine now. Give that man two drafts to load the roster.

[@IamChrisL712]

Herbert is great. JH just has to get the D shored up.

[@thangyang4430]

Would have put up bigger numbers. Remember JJ didn’t start his first two games.

[@Kobefan08-i1k]

Most of these are valid

[@mariuszarszylo1476]

I'm so glad the lions regime has changed from the sheer incompetence it was. No lions fan wanted Okudah at #3.

[@patmcdonald548]

Who had a better first year starting a season? Rookie or not. First season starting

[@selfloathinggameing]

You know you made a good draft pick when they start making “what happened to the players drafted before” videos.

[@kylecloud6429]

Don't want to see the video made about the people picked before puka nacua

[@mathewlawrence8054]

Personally, I believe the QBs drafted in 2020 went in order of talent and the teams that didn't take a QB in the first 25 picks didn't have an immediate need at QB. It was the perfect first round with the exception of Jetta. That isn't a hindsight comment because of his dominance in the NFL, he was a Top 3 WR in college that year.

[@joshfagan3376]

Henry Ruggs should be in for life

[@Packersfan1231]

Love should’ve went to the Commanders

[@CompoundingTime]

They would have ruined him. He needed that development time.

[@Packersfan1231]

Just saying we’re I think they should’ve taken him

[@Swvf]

@@Packersfan1231I understand what you meant, but only the packers can develop QBs the way we do so the commanders would’ve ruined him

[@waynebryant1857]

@@Packersfan1231”we’re “?

[@darklord1366]

If youve seen Tom grossi’s video on project QB he talked about how in the draft, he said there was something called “Project QB”. And for those who don’t watch Tom grossi lemme explain: Tom explains that Rodgers sat behind Brett Favre and Rodgers became the best player we know of today. Then he says that Jordan love is a guy that needed to sit behind Rodgers for some time until we knew he was ready. And Tom says although we may have hated the packers and Brian for drafting a QB when at the time we didn’t need one, Tom says we may be thanking Brian later. And look at how well Jordon love has played. Us packers have a system unique to other franchises when it comes to quarterbacks.

[@thehalftimeshow]

Thanks for sharing!

[@darklord1366]

@@thehalftimeshow Of course!

[@Shamuel-0]

calling jjetas a top 4 reciever is crazy underrating

[@JamalGershmie]

Well hill, chase, and lamb all have an argument to be better but I agree

[@jaehong1029]

All of the 1st rounders drafted after Love were busts except Queen, who was on his way to become a bust until Roquan came in to save his career. Only Burrow, Thomas, Tua(questionable), Herbert, Brown(questionable), Wirfs, Terrell, Lamb, JJ, and Aiyuk are better or about the same tier of player as Love is. Yeah Packers front knows what they're doing

[@glennwales4770]

Am i the only one that still needs to see more than a 2nd half of a season to believe Love is the real deal?

[@thehalftimeshow]

He the real deal. Just watch in 2024.

[@mcouture8169]

JJ hasn't had even halfway decent QB play since the Broncos drafted him. At least Ceedee Lamb gets regular season DakP

[@hourglass4208]

What happens if Love regresses next year? Teams have a lot more film this year.

[@stevemurzyn9711]

I think he should have been a second round pick cuz he needed time on the bench to grasp a pro offense.

[@zacharymagana6946]

If Burrow keeps getting injured, Love might be the best QB of them all.

[@glennwales4770]

WOW, just wow, better than Herbert and Burrows? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 and I thought Lion fans were getting ridiculous, you Packer fans are on par with Buckeye fans. The most hated fan base in sports because of your obnoxiousnes.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

The Packer know how to groom QB's, he wouldn't be as good anywhere else

[@nateh254]

“Joe burrow fell into their laps” acting as if any team passed on him and he wasn’t the 1st overall pick lol

[@DaddyDs-k7j]

I remember okudahs very first start in the NFL he had to go against davante Adams all game😂😂😂

[@jamesschmid1975]

I wasn't mad about Love because I wanted instant gratification, I was mad about it because 2 picks later was Patrick Queen. MLB run stopper. Oh, and the Packers still can't stop the run... Queen is who I was rooting for

[@jaehong1029]

glad we took Love over Queen was pretty much a worse version of Quay Walker until Roquan came in

[@The7bored7]

Queen wasn't good enough to get a 2md contract from the Ravens. Maybe GB still gets him?

[@jeremyschulthess63]

In terms of value a QB is FAR more valuable than a MLB.

[@kurtwicklund8901]

Prefering a Probowler LB over a Probolw QB is pretty bad draft strategy. There are 20 LBs for every genuine NFL QB.

[@jaegybomb]

@@kurtwicklund8901LB has a much safer floor though. Queen was guaranteed to come in and play all 5 years of his rookie deal while there was no guarantee that Love would play a single year of his. Obviously it worked out but there are also teams that have shot themselves in the foot by wasting 1st rounders on QBs they get no return from.

[@cconner42]

You could squeeze 3 videos out of this, Love, Lamb and Jefferson. All picked way too late

[@HaeravonFAQs]

"Love should have never fallen to the 26th pick" Love wasn't good when he was drafted. He had potential. Few times were willing or able to put in the time to develop that potential. Packers get good deals on QBs they draft because they can develop them, not because other teams just constantly miss these diamonds in the rough. You send Jordan Love to nearly any other team in 2020 and he's probably not putting up the numbers he did in 2023.

[@seantyson1422]

Packers missed out on 2 super bowls with Rodgers because of that pick. And now we lost 4 years of Rodgers for a maybe in Love....

[@braydengeorgeoff1515]

Yeah cause one rookie makes them win the Super Bowl tf r u talking about

[@ChadEAult]

Seems like one of the better drafts in recent memory!

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Tristan Wirfs is the second best LT in the league....

[@KickomoNA]

Crazy how you bash Herbert yet glazed Tua who hasnt won shit

[@REIronminer]

What a draft class…. Love is an elite Qtr Back…

[@ttaylor758]

I love this video

[@2muchscott]

Love is not all that and a bag of chips. There were plenty of players I would still have picked prior to him. He hasn't proven anything yet.

[@scourge8097]

LOL...I love this shit! ALL you Packers fans who said we "reached," and he was a bust? Where you at now? Now EVERYONE was a fan! I mean, we know Bears fans and Vikings and are waiting for our demise(exercise in futility). But Love didn't get much LOVE from a lot of Packers fans till this year.

[@mattolson7037]

We’re acting like this dude is Tom Brady. I mean he has promise but this is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@mrip31]

Love had a better first season as starter than both favre and rodgers. If you don't think that's significant, nfl may not be your thing.

[@mattolson7037]

@@mrip31 It’s not significant at all actually. Is this your first season watching the NFL? Cam Newton had a better rookie year than Jordan Love and look what happened to him. Peyton Manning had one of the worst rookie seasons of all time and look how he turned out. It honestly means nothing. But go ahead and crown him the GOAT if you want to 😂😂😂

[@mrip31]

@@mattolson7037 I'm not going to argue with some idiot hater who speaks in hyperbole.

[@mattolson7037]

@@mrip31 I get it. You don’t want to argue because you have no clue. It’s okay. Have a good one

[@mrip31]

​@@mattolson7037 I was taught a long time ago not to argue with stupid people.

[@alphamaster5455]

Honestly i think he would be considered a bust if he went anywhere else

[@BrysonHardesty]

The thing about Jerry Jeudy him having a under whelming career so far is just wrong just look at his qbs for his career

[@Odee4hundred]

Packers could've taken Jalen Hurts ... Not saying id rather have him but he was there

[@thehalftimeshow]

Tush push in Green Bay?

[@TwistedMagoo]

Still think there is a good chance Love will be a bust. One quarter of a season against mid opposition with your RB playing at a god tier level doesn't really constitute a pattern.

[@mrip31]

You're either really bitter or really stupid... maybe both.

[@koltondoesstuff2437]

tua tagolovoa💀

[@livinaftermidnight9651]

Aaron was NOT at the peak of his career when Love was drafted.

[@VictorReyes-p1b]

Herbert will be better as harbaugh his coach

[@jefferyzielke7665]

I think Jordan would have ended up good anyways. Of course je would have struggled early. Most 9f not all rookies do.

[@danjacobsen7645]

After watching this it’s no wonder why the raiders just continue to suck. Good choice Davante. What the hell were you thinking leaving GB?