Matt LaFleur gave his full end-of-season presser on Tuesday morning, and it was full of interesting nuggets. LaFleur, who was in a, uh, much more chipper mood than he was following the Green Bay Packers' Wild Card loss in Philly, talked with media for close to an hour about a wide variety of topics, mostly focused on how the Packers can make meaningful strides in 2025.
And because every NFL press conference is actually just the exact same exercise in asking the same six questions, the progression of Jordan Love came up almost immediately.
Love had an up-and-down season in 2024 – highlighted by, of course, Toyotathon – but his performance in the Eagles loss had Packers fans (as well as others) bringing up some of the same old concerns that have existed around his game for years now.
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Matt LaFleur wants to see more leadership qualities out of Jordan Love in 2025
During the end-of-year presser on Tuesday, LaFleur plainly laid out how he wants to see Love improve this offseason.
"I think the next step is just to continue to evolve as a vocal leader," LaFleur said. "I think that just kind of comes with the position naturally. I think he's taken steps to get there. But I think he can really demand a lot. Because the locker room respects him. They respect him not only as a person, but by the work he puts in."
"He's a grinder. He's one of the guys – I think that's one of his best qualities. He's one of the guys. They all respect him. But when things aren't quite right, I think he can voice that, as well. When guys aren't doing quite what they're supposed to be doing, he's one of the guys I talk to about that. I just think it means more when it comes from your quarterback when it comes from me, or one of the other coaches."
As far as quarterback critiques go, this one seems pretty light? And maybe LaFleur is protecting Love from an entire offseason of harshly-aggregated quotes, but if your one offseason goal is "speak up a little more sometimes, just when you feel like it," then your job is probably pretty safe.
Come to think of it, we could all do a better job speaking up when the moment calls for it. Pro football players: they're just like us!