The Green Bay Packers absolutely lit up the Chicago Bears in Week 5, dropping a commanding 31-7 win at Lambeau Field, and quarterback Jordan Love was on another planet. This wasn’t some squeaker, folks, this was a statement, and Love’s performance, especially when he went deep, has to have the rest of the league sitting up and paying attention.
Love’s Quick-Trigger Attack Shredded the Bears
Seriously, you gotta see Love’s numbers from this game. The dude was chucking the ball with incredible speed, averaging just 2.54 seconds to throw. Think about that: last year, in 2025, his average time to throw was 2.89 seconds. He shaved off a huge chunk of time! And for perspective, even Aaron Rodgers, who had the fastest time to throw in 2025, averaged 2.59 seconds. Love was quicker than that! He was absolutely shredding the Bears all day, no matter what they threw at him. When Chicago brought the blitz, Love was cool as ice: 8-for-10 for 130 yards, posting a sweet +0.6 EPA per Play. And when they didn’t blitz? He still dominated, going 17-for-21 for 237 yards and a +0.43 EPA per Play. But the real kicker? His deep ball game was just “absurd,” man. The numbers were straight-up beautiful. This isn’t a fluke; this is a quarterback finding his stride and making things happen.
Smart Play Calling and Personnel Pushed the Pace
The Packers’ offensive coordinator clearly had a plan, and it paid off big time. Their passing game clicked in every single personnel grouping they rolled out, posting positive EPA per Play across the board. While the running game was churning out some negative numbers, like a -0.09 rush EPA per Play in both 11 and 12 personnel (which puts them around 20th in the league, by the way), they still found a way to be effective. When running out of 12 personnel, they hit a very good 50% Success Rate. And in the passing game, those 12 and 13 personnel packages were doing serious work, hitting a 70% success rate in 12 and 50% in 13.
The play calling reflected their confidence in Love, too. They opened the game a bit conservatively in the first quarter with a 52.6% pass rate. But then? They hit the gas hard! That pass rate jumped to 77.8% in the second quarter and stayed hot at 75% in the third. They only throttled down in the fourth quarter, dropping to a 26.7% pass rate, and even then, they didn’t really go run-heavy until there was 8:26 left in the game and they had a comfortable 31-7 lead. This wasn’t a team playing scared; this was a team attacking and controlling the game.
This kind of performance from Love and the offense is a clear signal. If he keeps throwing that deep ball with this kind of efficiency and that quick release, every team they face knows they’re in for a tough fight.
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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