The Green Bay 10-7 loss at Lambeau to the Eagles on Monday Night has brought out a lot of criticism on both Packers QB Jordan Love and coach Matt LaFleur. Think the criticism of LaFleur is mostly venting. He's been widely compared to the 49ers Kyle Shanahan and Rams coach Sean McVay (LaFleur even has a better winning percentage than those two "geniuses"). To the venters LaFleur should be on the hot seat though.
The case of Jordan Love is more complicated. He suffers from the fact that he does not appear to be a young Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre (his two predecessors with the Packers). Such expectations are unfair - but they are real.
The situation reminds me of the situation Mike Greenwell found himself in with the Red Sox. Greenwell took over LF from Hall of Famer and the most feared hitter in the AL - Jim Rice who took over patrolling the Green Monster from legend and no-doubt Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. Greenwell was an excellent hitter but just wasn't either Rice or Yaz.
Perhaps Love is suffering likewise because he's not Rodgers or Favre? Maybe that's too much to expect? Or just maybe Green Bay needs their version of Manny Ramirez.
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