Jaire Alexander admits he did his best to help Jordan Love. The cornerback offered his best trash talking, the kind he usually reserves for the other team’s quarterback, to get his own ready to play.
After all, the Packers are in their post-Aaron Rodgers era. Love, Green Bay’s first-round pick in 2020, is in charge of the offense. He’ll get one more preseason game, then it’ll be time to kick off the regular season on the road against the rival Chicago Bears.
Cornerback Jaire Alexander helped Jordan Love the best way he could. Alexander couldn’t hit the quarterback in practice, but he could get in his ear. And he passed the test, says the DB.
“I don’t see Jordan get rattled at all,” Alexander told reporters this week. “He’s pretty much the same. I’m always talking to him and trying to get in his head, but I don’t think it works.”
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he’s going to play his starters Saturday against Seattle at Lambeau Field. He said he doesn’t have a snap count in mind, that he’ll go by his gut. Love played in both preseason games. He got in a dozen snaps against Cincinnati, then 17 plays against the Patriots. Plus, the Patriots arrived early in Green Bay for some joint practices.
In two games, Love completed 12 of his 18 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns.
So with support from players like Jaire Alexander, what did Jordan Love to try to do in training camp to prep for the season?
“I think the biggest thing for me is just being able to go out there, just try and focus on me, doing my job and the best person I can be the best player I can be,” he said this week. “And that comes from me knowing I need to be doing my reads, putting the ball where I need to put it. It’s just trying to make sure I execute every day. And obviously it’s tough to do. I saw Aaron do it at a high level for three years and how consistent he was.
“So the biggest thing for me coming in was to try and build that consistency and be the best person I can be every day,” Love said. “Not have any days where … it might be a good day and then come back the next day and … be on that high … and (then) kind of not have such a great day the next day. Just trying to focus on playing one day and forgetting about it, then looking at film and moving on to the next game. … Not taking a day for granted, I guess. But just trying to be as consistent as I could be. It’s been the biggest thing I’ve thought about.”
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