As Lambeau Field gets dressed up for its moment in the spotlight, Green Bay is buzzing in more ways than one. The city is hosting the 2025 NFL Draft—the crown jewel of the offseason—and the Jordan Love–led Packers are deep into preparations for the season ahead. Inside the locker room, it’s all sweat and steel. Love and his teammates are locked into workouts, determined to rise above the underdog label that’s clung to them since last year’s playoff exit.
There’s tension in the air too. The situation with star cornerback Jaire Alexander still simmers in the background. But if there’s any doubt about the mindset in Titletown, Love’s recent comments should clear it up. Speaking to Kay Adams on Up & Adams, Love pushed back against the idea that Green Bay is just another scrappy outsider. “I’ve been grinding this off-season, been down here in San Diego,” he said. “I’m not worried about us being slept on. I know what type of team we are. I know who we got in that locker room. And like I said, I’m excited to get back to work with those guys.”
It was a subtle warning to the rest of the league: underestimate us at your own risk. The Packers finished last season with a 22-10 loss to the Eagles in the Wild Card round. It wasn’t the ending they wanted, but it was enough to light a fire. And Love knows exactly what building he’s walking into every day—one where names like Favre and Rodgers didn’t just play, they built legacies. Now, he’s trying to write his own.
Jordan Love on Aaron Rodgers as the Steelers’ QB1
Later that same day, Love joined The Rich Eisen Show, where the conversation took a nostalgic turn. With Aaron Rodgers’ future still unclear—Steelers? Saints? Retirement?—Eisen posed the question: What would it be like to line up across from your old mentor?
Love didn’t hesitate. “I would love to get the opportunity to play against A-Rod,” he said. “Having a guy that mentored me in the league, someone I got to be a backup behind… to be able to get the opportunity to play against him and be on the other side of him — it would be special, it would be cool.”
That opportunity may come sooner than expected. The Packers and Steelers are set to clash in a high-profile international game in Dublin, Ireland—a stage that feels almost scripted for something poetic. While Rodgers weighs his options and the Steelers wait for a decision, Love is already looking ahead.
Because in Green Bay, there’s no time for nostalgia. The draft is days away. The season is coming. And Jordan Love is ready to turn whispers into war cries.
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