{"id":114860,"date":"2025-10-27T20:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=114860"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:53:31","slug":"nfl-week-8-recap-jordan-love-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/analysis\/nfl-week-8-recap-jordan-love-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 8 Recap: Jordan Love Proves Rex Ryan Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN analyst and former NFL coach <strong>Rex<\/strong> <strong>Ryan<\/strong> had some interesting things to say about <strong>Jordan<\/strong> <strong>Love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rex Ryan on Packers\u2019 QB Jordan Love:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The biggest moments, he\u2019ll turn it over.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upVHa4SnIF\">pic.twitter.com\/upVHa4SnIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Talk (@NFL_Talk_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_Talk_Sports\/status\/1980287034242511234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Ryan is correct that the stats do not really back him up.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the #1 best QB in the NFL in one-score games in the second half?<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">#1 in EPA per attempt at +0.56<br \/>\n#1 in first down rate at 45%<br \/>\n#2 in success rate at 61%<br \/>\n#6 in completion rate at 75%<br \/>\n#6 in TD:INT ratio at 6:1<\/p>\n<p>Want a larger sample size?<\/p>\n<p>Over the last three years, among 62 QBs with at least 30 attempts in the second half of one score games, Love ranks:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">#1 in EPA per attempt<br \/>\n#2 in TD rate<br \/>\n#4 in success rate<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the #1 best EPA per attempt in the NFL<\/p>\n<p>Are those big moments big enough for you, Rex?<\/p>\n<p>Second halves of one score games?<\/p>\n<p>What about all third downs, all game long?<\/p>\n<p>This year, he ranks #2 in success rate and #2 in accuracy on third downs.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers convert a new first down on 49% of his third down attempts, #2 in the NFL<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to take personal bias out of commentary, because it\u2019s clear Ryan dislikes Love for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>The nonsense he\u2019s spewing about Love is patently false.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Rex Ryan Is Wrong About Jordan Love: The Stats Prove It\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GyNaitP0SQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<div class='sfa-image-adds' style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/newsletter\/'>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sharp-Football-Analysis-Newsletter-Ad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-size-full size-size-full\" alt=\"Sharp Football Analysis Newsletter\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN analyst and former NFL coach Rex Ryan had some  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"NFL Week 8 Recap: Jordan Love Proves Rex Ryan Wrong","_seopress_titles_desc":"Warren Sharp examines how Jordan Love plays in clutch moments. 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