From the episode
Right now, the Packers are failing Jordan Love...he is the most hit quarterback in NFL history through three weeks since 2013...EPA per rush...negative .38. Every time they run the ball, it's worth negative .4 points...he is a locked-in top-eight quarterback...a locked-in Tier 2 guy.
STACKED’s take
Love is elite but ecosystem is collapsing; most-hit QB since 2013, run game worth -0.4 EPA per carry.
Nate Tice assesses Jordan Love as a locked-in Tier 2 quarterback with elite decision-making and sack avoidance, but the Packers' ecosystem is failing him catastrophically. Through three weeks, Love is the most-hit quarterback in NFL history since 2013 (including hits and sacks); the offensive line has deteriorated with signings like Mekhi Becton off the street and Laken Tomlinson (not good for three or four years) brought in because he 'knows the system.' The run game is porous—EPA per rush has collapsed from neutral (-0.03 last year) to -0.38 this year, meaning every carry loses 0.4 points. Third-down distances have ballooned from 6.4 yards to 8.1 yards (28th in league), forcing Love into third-and-long situations where teams play cloud coverage at 35% (up from 21% last year, 15% two years ago). The offense is 30th in efficiency, 29th in percentage of drives ending in a score. Tice worries the situation could worsen before improving unless Tomlinson, Zeitler, and Becton quickly elevate from 'crap to not crap.' Love will still hunt big plays and rack up volume stats, but down-to-down efficiency will be dire, with games spiraling like the Vikings matchup.
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