Who is better in 2025: Jordan Love or Aaron Rodgers?

A year ago, it wasn’t a question.
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Rodgers was toast in New York with the laughable J-E-T-S.Love wasn’t the next Patrick Mahomes, but he was the leader of an 11-5 team that was again in the playoffs and fighting for life in the brutal NFC North.

Love still needs his big Green Bay moment

As a fascinating Thursday Night Football matchup against Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders awaits, Packers fans are still waiting on Love’s true breakthrough moment.

It could happen inside a roaring Lambeau Field, as Daniels falls down a step and No. 10 for the Packers plays up to his $220 million contract.
But with Rodgers throwing it back to 2021 with a gutsy four-touchdown performance in his black-and-gold debut for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the spotlight shifts back to Love on TNF.Green Bay stunned the NFL with a blockbuster trade for Micah Parsons that instantly turned Love’s team into Week 1 Super Bowl contenders.

If Love tops Daniels – the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year and 15-6 overall as a pro QB – the Week 2 buzz will echo throughout the league.

A $220m QB can’t hold the Packers back

But if Love is average on Thursday night, and Daniels walks out of Lambeau as the best QB standing?

The $220m quarterback will still be a QB from Utah State who spent his initial three years forced to watch and wait as Rodgers put up Hall of Fame numbers for the Lambeau faithful.

“I looked down at my phone and my agent just texted me: ‘Quarterback.’ And I was like, ‘No f***king way,’ ” Rodgers said in the ‘Enigma’ Netflix documentary.

Jordan Love is battling Aaron Rodgers, left, and Jayden Daniels at the same timeCredit: talksport

Love is 19-15 in his career entering Thursday Night FootballCredit: Getty
“Then the pick happens, and I immediately got off the couch and was super non-reactive.

“I just went to pour myself some tequila and went back to the couch, and knew there was going to be some interesting conversations.”

Love didn’t touch the field in 2020, while Rodgers led the Pack to a 13-4 record, was named an All-Pro and won the NFL MVP.

The man who replaced Brett Favre — after watching and waiting – was the best QB in the league, and even being admired by Tom Brady.

Parsons trade changed Pack’s expectations

Love only started one game during his initial three years in the pros, and his 2024 campaign wasn’t as sharp as ’23, when he finally became a full-time starter in Green Bay.

Trading for Parsons in the days before Week 1 infused the Packers with new belief.

“Everybody feel like the sky’s the limit,” Green Bay defender Rashan Gary exclusively told talkSPORT.

But Love taking his next step is the real season-changing moment in 2025.

It’s a league run by Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Mahomes and the biggest names in sport.

Love can’t be the second-best QB on the field on Thursday Night Football.

He’ll never surpass Rodgers in Green Bay.

But he can’t be worse than a 41-year-old now trying to take the Steelers to the Super Bowl.

The same QB who last led the Packers to a world championship trophy 15 years ago.