The Green Bay Packers are entering their first season without Aaron Rogers under center since 2008, but a wide receiver thinks the organization is in good hands.
Second-year wide receiver Romeo Doubs is preparing for his first season by catching passes from quarterback Jordan Love, whom the Packers selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love before the Tennessee Titans game at Lambeau Field on November 17, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patricio McDermott/Getty Images)
And Doubs does not see a drop in the game as Green Bay goes from Rodgers to Love.
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«I think Jordan can do it. I think Jordan is a really good quarterback,» Doubs told Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin.
«When you go from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan, Aaron was a great quarterback, but I think Jordan can do the exact same thing. So I don’t really see what the big difference is.»
Love was drafted by Green Bay to be Rodgers’ replacement, but as Rodgers continued to play well, Love saw limited playing time in his first three seasons.
Green Bay Packers’ Jordan Love shoots under pressure from Chiefs’ George Karlaftis during a preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium on August 25, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)
Love started one game during the 2021 season and attempted just 21 passes in 2022, filling in for Rodgers when the four-time MVP was hurt against the Los Angeles Lakers. philadelphia eagles in week 12.
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The Packers are now ready to part with Rodgers after trading him to the new york jets in April. And while many see Green Bay taking a step back in Love’s first season as a starter, Doubs disagrees with the national narrative.
«I see a progression. I see it going up. I don’t see the Packers going down,» Doubs told Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin. «I just focus on our room and our team in this organization. This organization is historic and it’s just winning. That’s it. When you listen to Green Bay, it’s not losing, it’s just winning.»
Romeo Doubs of the Green Bay Packers during the Dolphins game at Hard Rock Stadium on December 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Doubs was selected by the Packers in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Nevada and caught 42 balls for 425 yards and three touchdowns in his rookie season.
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While the Packers certainly hope they don’t hit rock bottom without Rodgers, the Packers’ offensive lineman david bakhtiari sees the change in signalers as a rebuild.
«As I see it, it’s disrespectful to say that you’re not rebuilding from a Hall of Fame quarterback«Bakhtiari said Wednesday after an OTA practice, according to ESPN. «It was disrespectful to say you weren’t rebuilding from Brett Favre when you moved to Aaron. No one knew Aaron and what he was going to be, so I’m not going to sit here and take those words back because that’s it, when you look at how it’s been built, how we’ve been chasing it and the edge. there were a lot of situations that can definitely allude to that: we have a young team.»