"They're going to treat him like a $55,000,000 rookie" - Richard Sherman skewers Packers QB Jordan Love after playoff exit

Richard Sherman did not like what he saw from Packers star Jordan Love after Green Bay was dumped out in the Wild Card round of the 2024 NFL playoffs by the Eagles. The quarterback signed a 4-year, $220 million deal coming into this season, which averages out to $55 million per year. It was based on just one season worth of performance by the Packers' player when he led Green Bay into the postseason in his first year as a starter.

Richard Sherman said that Jordan Love should be treated as a veteran based on the deal he signed and not on the fact that this is just his second year as an established starting quarterback. The Super Bowl-winning defender made the point that he never felt that Aaron Rodgers' successor had what it takes to win it all and the addition of star running back Josh Jacobs indicated, according to him, that Matt LaFleur and his coaching staff did not trust their passer's arm.

Richard Sherman said on his podcast,

"I don't think Jordan Love has shown me anything that really made me feel like, 'Oh, my God, he's one of the guys. He's a guy that can can win it all'. I said it early in the season. I said, 'Oh, that's why they got Josh Jacobs. They don't trust the quarterback'. They're going to treat him like a rookie, a $55 million rookie."

Richard Sherman slams Packers' plan for Jordan Love

Richard Sherman continued that it showed that Green Bay is going to limit Jordan Love's passing attempts. He pointed out that the tape would show the truth, which would record three interceptions in their loss to the Eagles. He explained,

"They're gonna run the ball well, they're gonna limit his past attempts, because they don't want him to throw the game away. And they think if they have to lean on his arm, he'll throw the game away... The truth is the truth, whether you want to believe it or not. The tape will speak louder than I could ever."

It was a poor performance by the Packers' starter and the point of him performing like a rookie was pertinent. In the five Wild Card games over Saturday and Sunday, Green Bay scored the fewest points on offense except the Broncos. Denver did so with rookie Bo Nix in his first year where he has not had the opportunity to sit behind a future Hall-of-Famer as Jordan Love has. It is bound to raise questions and Richard Sherman became one of the first to ask.