The final numbers from Packers quarterback Jordan Love on Sunday’s Week 11 game in New York, which ended in a taut 27-20 win for Green Bay, were nothing special. Love completed just 13 passes on 24 attempts, for 174 yards. He threw two touchdowns and was sacked twice for a total loss of 12 yards.
Ah, but on a windy day at the Meadowlands, Love’s numbers were deceiving. That’s because there were a handful of dropped passes even by some of Love’s normally sure-handed targets, most notably Romeo Doubs. Coming into Week 11, Doubs had been targets 56 times by Love, and had dropped only one pass all season.
On Sunday, he was credited with two drops on eight targets, according to Pro Football Focus, part of a rough outing for much of the team’s receiver corps.
Packers Jordan Love Handles WR Drops
Love, to his credit, was not pointing fingers in the wake of the Packers win. He said his approach with receivers after drops is to chuck the play and move right on to the next one. And the fact that he threw passes to Doubs eight times despite the miscues shows he follows his own advice.
“I tell guys all the time, next play. Obviously, it’s unfortunate. Obviously, he’s trying to go out there and make the catch,” Love said of Doubs.
“Sometimes, it’s not going to be perfect. It’s just that mindset of the next play. Stay confident. The ball’s going to keep coming your way. If you move on and go make that next play, it will be easy to forget about it.”
Jordan Love: Drops Are ‘Frustrating’
Love also noted that it is not as though he is perfect under center, either. The Packers do not pull him every time he throws an interception or an errant pass, and thus he should hot shun a receiver who makes a mistake.
“It’s obviously frustrating, but it’s a team sport, man,” Love said. “It takes everybody out there making plays. You just gotta stay confident in these guys. I always stay confident in my guys that we’ll find ways to make the next play.
“Sometimes it doesn’t go right, sometimes I will have an interception, a turnover, and I gotta have that same mindset—flush it, move on and the opportunity is going to keep coming.”
Packers DBs Had Trouble Holding Ball
Other than Doubs, Donatayvion Wicks was the other Packers receiver credited with a drop during the game, though there were certainly other candidates. And not just on offense. At several critical points, Packers defensive backs were well-positioned to make interceptions of Giants quarterback Jameis Winston, but dropped the opportunities.
Evan Williams‘ game-sealing interception with 44 seconds left to play was the only pick the Packers managed on the afternoon.
Said coach Matt LaFleur: “I thought there was plenty of opportunities in the game to kind of build a little bit of a lead and we just didn’t make plays. We didn’t make plays, we didn’t make those plays.”
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