Jordan Love, the number 10 QB for the Green Bay Packers, is about to make history with his very first completion of the 2026 season. That’s right, the first game, the first pass, and he’ll immediately leapfrog Tobin Rote for fifth all-time in passing yards, currently tied at 11,535. Talk about kicking off the season with a bang! It’s an instant move up the record books, setting a strong tone for what could be a monster year for the Packers offense.
Love’s Legendary Climb Begins Now
While passing Tobin Rote in yards with one throw is cool, Love is also staring down a huge milestone in passing touchdowns. He’s sitting at 83 career touchdowns right now, and he only needs seven more to pass Rote’s 89 and take sole possession of fifth all-time. Seven touchdowns? That’s totally achievable early in the season! Imagine him hitting that mark and getting his name carved deeper into the Packers’ history. Now, if we’re really dreaming big, he’d need 51 touchdowns to pass Lynn Dickey for fourth all-time. That’s a wild number, more than any Packers player has ever thrown in a single season, but hey, if anyone can shock us, it’s a quarterback pushing his team forward, right? These early-season numbers are going to tell us everything about the kind of year Love and this offense are going to have.
Jacobs Is Making Serious Noise in the Backfield
It’s not just Love rewriting the passing game; Josh Jacobs is an absolute beast in the backfield, and he’s ready to climb the rushing leaderboards like a man possessed. He’s currently 18th in Packers history with 2,258 rushing yards, and A.J. Dillon is the first name on his hit list. Jacobs needs just 171 yards to blow past Dillon. That’s a few solid games, easy. And if he can grind out 1,000 rushing yards this year, he’d jump Donny Anderson for 14th all-time! Getting into the top 10 is a tougher ask, needing more than 1,500 yards to catch Paul Hornung (3,711) or even Aaron Rodgers (3,466), but the man is here to make a statement.
But where Jacobs can REALLY make some noise is in rushing touchdowns. He’s already tied for 11th with Dorsey Levens and Elijah Pitts at 28 scores. Two more touchdowns? That puts him past John Brockington and Tobin Rote for ninth place all by himself. Two scores! That’s happening. If he racks up eight touchdowns, he’s leapfrogging Ted Fritsch, Aaron Rodgers, and Clark Hinkle for sixth all-time. And if he hits double digits with 10 rushing touchdowns this season, he’s passing the legendary Verne Lewellen for fifth. The guy is a scoring machine, and he’s coming for those records.
Watson’s Ready to Break Out in the Receiving Game
And let’s not forget Christian Watson. He’s the active leader in receiving yards for the Packers, sitting at 30th all-time. If he finally gets that first 1,000-yard season, he’s not just making a name for himself this year, he’s blowing past a ton of Packers legends on the all-time list. We’re talking Bubba Franks, Romeo Doubs, Ahman Green, Jermichael Finley, and even Bill Schroeder, who’s currently 18th all-time with 3,435 receiving yards. That’s a massive jump. He’s also only 70 catches away from surpassing Doubs’ career total of 202. Watson hitting these marks would be huge for the Packers’ aerial attack and solidify his spot as a top target.
This Packers offense looks poised for some serious fireworks, with Love, Jacobs, and Watson all chasing down significant milestones right out of the gate. We’re talking multiple players making big jumps on the all-time lists, and that’s exactly what you want to see early in the season. These are the kinds of individual performances that fuel a team’s overall success. Keep an eye on those numbers because every game is going to bring us closer to seeing history rewritten. What a season this is shaping up to be for Green Bay!
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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