The Green Bay Packers suffered a major loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, losing by a final score of 34-26.
The Packers, who entered the Broncos game in first place in the NFC North, dropped to second place after losing since the Chicago Bears beat the Cleveland Browns.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQB Jordan Love didn't play well against Denver. He went 24 of 40 through the air for 276 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.
NFL analyst Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report believes the Green Bay QB "couldn't overcome the adversity" of being pressured.
"According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Denver pressured Love on 52.2 percent of his dropbacks, which was a career-high," Sobleski wrote. "Despite the issue, Green Bay led 16-14 at halftime. Still, three quarterback sacks and 15 more hits were too much. Love threw a pair of second-half interceptions and couldn't keep pace as the Broncos offense took off in the third quarter."
Love was sacked three times against the Broncos for 29 yards. The Packers, after scoring 16 points in the first half, put up only 10 in the second half.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"The second half we had the two turnovers, which are drive-killers," Love said. "Give them credit, they got their pass rush going, tightened up some coverages."
Love and the Packers are 9-4-1 on the season. They travel to Chicago next to face the Bears on Saturday, which will be one of the biggest games of the season.
"There's still so much more out in front of us," Love said. "Just that mindset we have to stay together, go into this next week, a big game against the Bears in Chicago, get everybody ready for that. We've been there before in these tough games, and we have to stay together and keep going."
Love enters the Bears game with 3,304 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns and six interceptions. He's completing 66.4% of his passes.
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