Romeo Doubs still believes the quarterback grass is green for the Packers after the departure of 10-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ Aaron Rodgers.
Even with Jordan Love coming in with just a mere 10 NFL games under his belt in two seasons, the wide receiver is confident in the big transition.
“I think Jordan can do it,” Doubs, who caught 42 passes for 425 yards as a rookie last season, told Spectrum News 1 earlier this week.
“I think Jordan is a really good quarterback. When you go from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan, Aaron was a really great quarterback, but I believe Jordan can do the same exact thing. So I don’t really see what’s the big difference,” Doubs added.
There is certainly a large difference in that Rodgers is an 18-year veteran and a highly probable future Hall of Famer, as he has accumulated 59,055 yards and 475 touchdowns in 223 starts.
On the other hand, Love will be entering his third professional year and his arm has only seen 606 yards and three touchdowns in that time, and more than half of his starts (6) were made up of seven pass attempts or less.
There are significant growing pains left to go through, which is only one of many the Packers will have to deal with as the franchise with the lowest salary in the league dedicated to wide receivers for 2023.
Also, none of Love’s pass options at the position has more than one NFL season under his belt and Doubs, at only 23 years old, is the leader of the group.
“Absolutely,” Doubs said when asked if he needed to be looked at to lead. “I’d be lying if I said I shouldn’t be. And I know outside looking in, everybody expects me to be that leader.”
Love, who was Green Bay’s first-round pick (26th overall) of the 2020 draft out of Utah State, will look to help the Packers improve their 8-9 2022 season record and find themselves back in the playoffs on the heels of two back-to-back legendary quarterbacks.
“I see a progression,” Doubs said. “I see it going up. I don’t see the Packers going down. I only focus on our room and our team in this organization. This organization is historic, and it’s only winning. That’s all. When you hear Green Bay, it’s no losing; it’s only winning.”