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The final numbers from\u00a0Packers\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Jordan Love\u00a0on Sunday\u2019s Week 11 game in New York, which ended in a taut 27-20 win for Green Bay, were nothing special. Love completed just 13 passes on 24 attempts, for 174 yards. He threw two touchdowns and was sacked twice for a total\u00a0 loss of 12 yards.<\/p>\n
Ah, but on a windy day at the Meadowlands, Love\u2019s numbers were deceiving. That\u2019s because there were a handful of dropped passes even by some of Love\u2019s normally sure-handed targets, most notably\u00a0Romeo Doubs. Coming into Week 11, Doubs had been targets 56 times by Love, and had dropped only one pass all season.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, he was credited with two drops on eight targets,\u00a0according to Pro Football Focus, part of a rough outing for much of the team\u2019s receiver corps.<\/p>\n
Love, to his credit, was not pointing fingers in the wake of the Packers win. He said his approach with receivers after drops is to chuck the play and move right on to the next one. And the fact that he threw passes to Doubs eight times despite the miscues shows he follows his own advice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tell guys all the time, next play. Obviously, it\u2019s unfortunate. Obviously, he\u2019s trying to go out there and make the catch,\u201d\u00a0Love said of Doubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, \u00a0it\u2019s not going to be perfect. It\u2019s just that mindset of the next play. Stay confident. The ball\u2019s going to keep coming your way. If you move on and go make that next play, it will be easy to forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Love also noted that it is not as though he is perfect under center, either. The Packers do not pull him every time he throws an interception or an errant pass, and thus he should hot shun a receiver who makes a mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obviously frustrating, but it\u2019s a team sport, man,\u201d Love said. \u201cIt takes everybody out there making plays. You just gotta stay confident in these guys. I always stay confident in my guys that we\u2019ll find ways to make the next play.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes it doesn\u2019t go right, sometimes I will have an interception, a turnover, and I gotta have that same mindset\u2014flush it, move on and the opportunity is going to keep coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other than Doubs, Donatayvion Wicks was the other Packers receiver credited with a drop during the game, though there were certainly other candidates. And not just on offense. At several critical points, Packers defensive backs were well-positioned to make interceptions of\u00a0Giants\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Jameis Winston, but dropped the opportunities.<\/p>\n
Evan Williams\u2018 game-sealing interception with 44 seconds left to play was the only pick the Packers managed on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Said coach Matt LaFleur: \u201cI thought there was plenty of opportunities in the game to kind of build a little bit of a lead and we just didn\u2019t make plays. We didn\u2019t make plays, we didn\u2019t make those plays.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sean Deveney<\/strong>\u00a0is a veteran sports reporter covering the NBA, NFL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has written for Heavy since 2019 and has more than two decades of experience covering the NBA, including 17 years as the lead NBA reporter for the Sporting News. Deveney is the author of 7 nonfiction books, including “Fun City,” “Before Wrigley became Wrigley,” and “Facing Michael Jordan.”\u00a0More about Sean Deveney<\/p>\n The Denver Broncos have won eight games in a row and are now 9-2 on the season. Heading into the Week 12 bye, Denver is atop the AFC and again have the best record in the NFL. This team hasn’t lost in two months and are now getting to enjoy some time off.<\/p>\n Many of the players will be able to get fully healthy for the stretch run, and it’s a much-deserved break after a wild first 11 games. Well, the defense has been sensational, and it’s a Super Bowl-caliber unit. The offense has shown a spark at times, but not having JK Dobbins is going to continue to hurt.<\/p>\n The special teams actually turned out its best performance of the season in Week 11, so that was nice to see, but this other group is definitely one to keep an eye on down the stretch, as they lead the league in this brutal category, and it could loom large down the stretch.<\/p>\n The Denver Broncos have 26 drops on the year, according to PFF, which is the most\u00a0in the NFL, tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars:<\/p>\n Team drops this season (PFF):<\/p>\n 26: Jaguars, Broncos That comes out to over two drops per game, which simply is not something that can continue to happen.\u00a0According to Pro Football Reference, here are the drop totals from some key Broncos’ weapons:<\/p>\n Troy Franklin<\/strong><\/em>: 2 The Broncos have to get this figured out, and whether it’s simply more reps on the JUGS machine or something else, this cannot continue. It’s also bringing down the offense overall, especially when it’s a drop from a downfield throw from Bo Nix.<\/p>\n Obviously, drops are not Nix’s fault – many times the ball has hit a receiver right in the hands, and they simply can’t reel it in. If the Broncos hope to win the AFC West this year and earn a top seed in the AFC, the drops have to stop.<\/p>\n Perhaps the Week 12 bye fixes this a bit? The players will be able to get away for a week, which is probably needed, so maybe that leads to a more focused team heading down the stretch here in 2025, but it also proves that Denver needs another viable weapon on offense.<\/p>\n A Jaylen Waddle trade would have done wonders for this offense, but that could be something that the front office revisits in the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The final numbers from\u00a0Packers\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Jordan Love\u00a0on Sunday\u2019s Week 11 game in New York, which ended in a taut 27-20 win for Green Bay, were nothing special. Love completed just 13 passes on 24…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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18: Bears, Commanders
17: Cowboys, Chargers
16: Buccaneers, 49ers, Falcons, Giants
15: Rams, Jets
14: Bills, Chiefs, Packers, Steelers, Panthers<\/p>\n
Courtland Sutton: 4
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