Green Bay Packers pass-rusher Preston Smith believes the protection must help quarterback Jordan Love make a clean transition because the workforce’s starter now that Aaron Rodgers is with the New York Jets.
“With so much talent on our defense, we know we have to step it up a lot, and knowing we have a young quarterback, we have to be tremendous this year,” Smith defined throughout an NFL Network look, per Kevin Patra of the league’s web site. “We have to make sure we step up and do our part to help (Love) to get comfortable out there on the field. Help him get the ball in great situations and get stops to let him get comfortable back there and make sure we put him in great situations. It’s not just about him putting us in great situations, but helping us be comfortable to put him in great situations with the ball in great field position and getting stops. So he can go down the field and get us touchdowns and do his thing and gain his confidence throughout the season.”
Love has obtained public votes of confidence from teammates akin to working again Aaron Jones following Green Bay’s anticipated commerce of Rodgers to the Jets that cemented the 24-year-old atop the depth chart forward of coaching camp. Just final week, cornerback Jaire Alexander named Love the very best quarterback within the NFL:
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