Matt LaFleur hopes to mitigate Brett Favre’s Jordan Love comparisons

The Packers beat CJ Stroud and the Houston Texans on October 20 by a close score of 24-22. While it’s certainly a win that will help the team on their journey to the playoffs, QB Jordan Love was seen to struggle with interceptions again, quickly drawing comparisons to former Packers legend Brett Favre, which which head coach Matt LaFleur clearly didn’t appreciate.

For context, Favre is a Packers legend who played for the team for 15 seasons. During his career, he became the only player in the NFL to hold the record for most consecutive games as a starter with 312 appearances in addition to being a three-time MVP from 1995 to 1997. That said, he also is the only NFL player to throw. most career interceptions with an impressive 336.

So with Love already recording 20 interceptions in 31 games, fans and analysts alike are drawing comparisons to Favre. LaFleur, however, has tried to address this by stating that he hopes to put Love in better situations, which would eventually “alleviate” these unnecessary comparisons.

“Hopefully, we can put him in better situations so he doesn’t make selections for you guys so everyone you talk to can make the Brett Favre comparisons easier.”

However, even with the high interception numbers, Love has led the team well thus far as the Packers have only lost 2 of their 7 games. And it’s not that love is the only one that struggles with these mistakes. Reigning Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes is also on the same train.

Patrick Mahomes vs. Jordan Love: Their interception records

The Kansas City Chiefs are two-time Super Bowl champions and are currently on a six-game winning streak. They faced their 2023 Super Bowl rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, last weekend and held them 28-18. That success has come despite Mahomes throwing eight interceptions over the last six weeks.

Love also threw eight interceptions, but has started five games this season, one less than Mahomes.

However, both the Packers and Chiefs are currently in favorable positions. Even if their quarterbacks continue their interception rate in the coming weeks, both teams will still make the playoffs.

So this definitely shows that an NFL team is more than their quarterback. And if Brock Purdy was considered a system QB last year, both Love and Mahomes aren’t far off so far in 2024.

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