It's easy to tell who watches Green Bay Packers games and who just looks at the box score. It's called the Jordan Love Test.
Rival fans, and even some analysts who should know better, have spent most of the season trashing Love's performances. They look at the box score and make bold judgments, sometimes on national TV. To them, Love's four-touchdown performance on Thanksgiving came as a surprise. Maybe it's just a fluke. To the rest of us, who actually watch the games, it's everything we knew was possible.
It's what makes ESPN's Dan Orlovsky one of the best football analysts. He gets it. Following the Packers' big win over the Detroit Lions, he put it bluntly for every Jordan Love doubter out there.
If you watch yesterdays @packers game and you don’t clearly think Love is one of the best QBs and throwers of the football in the NFL you’re a dumb dumb
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) November 28, 2025
Dan Orlovsky gives Jordan Love the respect he deserves after statement performance in Packers' Thanksgiving victory
When Matt LaFleur puts the game in Love's hands, there's usually only one outcome. Beyond the wow throws he makes every week, his command of the offense and poise in the pocket, Love has become one of the most clutch quarterbacks in football this season.
Week 4. He saved the Packers multiple times with fourth-quarter scoring drives, including in overtime with a fourth-down conversion with the game on the line. Week 6. He led a game-winning drive with another fourth-down pass that the Packers had to have.
Week 8. Love overcame a halftime deficit by completing 20 consecutive passes, tying a franchise record, to put the game out of sight against Aaron Rodgers' Pittsburgh Steelers. Week 11. Game-winning fourth-quarter drive. Week 13. Clutch throw after clutch throw to take down the Lions, including a beauty to seal it on fourth down under the highest of pressure.
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Even in the Packers' first loss, an ugly Week 3 performance against the Cleveland Browns, Love led what should've been a game-winning drive late in the fourth, only for Brandon McManus' kick to get blocked. Love did his part.
For the box score watchers, let's talk about Love's numbers.
Through 12 games, Love has completed 67 percent of his passes for 2,794 yards, 19 touchdowns, and three interceptions, good for an elite 104.3 passer rating. His 73.2 QBR ranks second in the NFL.
And the advanced stats back it up, too. According to SumerSports, Love leads the NFL in EPA/play, and he's also first in pass EPA and second in total EPA.
Over at Pro Football Focus, Love's elite 89.0 passing grade ranks second in the NFL behind only Matthew Stafford, while his 87.3 offense grade is third behind Stafford and Dak Prescott.
Love has made 22 big-time throws, ranking third in the NFL, with a turnover-worthy play percentage of just 2.6, the 10th-best. He also boasts an adjusted completion percentage of 78.6, ranking fifth.
Love has 19 touchdown passes, a strong number, but why not more? Well, it doesn't help his tally when Josh Jacobs has 11 rushing scores, the second-most behind Jonathan Taylor. That's one of many reasons why we must look beyond the counting stats — Love is consistently leading his offense to success, regardless of who gets in the end zone.
Once you dig beneath the box score and watch the games, it becomes clear: Love is entering the elite tier of NFL quarterbacks. Many still won't admit it, but Orlovsky is here to set the record straight.