Packers Jordan Love Sounds off on ‘Frustrating’ WR Dropped Passes
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 16: Jordan Love #10 of the Green Bay Packers throws a pass during the first half against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on November 16, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
The final numbers from Packers quarterback Jordan Love on Sunday’s Week 11 game in New York, which ended in a taut 27-20 win for Green Bay, were nothing special. Love completed just 13 passes on 24 attempts, for 174 yards. He threw two touchdowns and was sacked twice for a total loss of 12 yards.
Ah, but on a windy day at the Meadowlands, Love’s numbers were deceiving. That’s because there were a handful of dropped passes even by some of Love’s normally sure-handed targets, most notably Romeo Doubs. Coming into Week 11, Doubs had been targets 56 times by Love, and had dropped only one pass all season.
On Sunday, he was credited with two drops on eight targets, according to Pro Football Focus, part of a rough outing for much of the team’s receiver corps.
Packers Jordan Love Handles WR Drops
Love, to his credit, was not pointing fingers in the wake of the Packers win. He said his approach with receivers after drops is to chuck the play and move right on to the next one. And the fact that he threw passes to Doubs eight times despite the miscues shows he follows his own advice.
“I tell guys all the time, next play. Obviously, it’s unfortunate. Obviously, he’s trying to go out there and make the catch,” Love said of Doubs.
“Sometimes, it’s not going to be perfect. It’s just that mindset of the next play. Stay confident. The ball’s going to keep coming your way. If you move on and go make that next play, it will be easy to forget about it.”
Jordan Love: Drops Are ‘Frustrating’
Love also noted that it is not as though he is perfect under center, either. The Packers do not pull him every time he throws an interception or an errant pass, and thus he should hot shun a receiver who makes a mistake.
“It’s obviously frustrating, but it’s a team sport, man,” Love said. “It takes everybody out there making plays. You just gotta stay confident in these guys. I always stay confident in my guys that we’ll find ways to make the next play.
“Sometimes it doesn’t go right, sometimes I will have an interception, a turnover, and I gotta have that same mindset—flush it, move on and the opportunity is going to keep coming.”
Packers DBs Had Trouble Holding Ball
Other than Doubs, Donatayvion Wicks was the other Packers receiver credited with a drop during the game, though there were certainly other candidates. And not just on offense. At several critical points, Packers defensive backs were well-positioned to make interceptions of Giants quarterback Jameis Winston, but dropped the opportunities.
Evan Williams‘ game-sealing interception with 44 seconds left to play was the only pick the Packers managed on the afternoon.
Said coach Matt LaFleur: “I thought there was plenty of opportunities in the game to kind of build a little bit of a lead and we just didn’t make plays. We didn’t make plays, we didn’t make those plays.”
Cowboys Eyed as a Top Team for Speedy Former $20 Million 42-Game Starter
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The Dallas Cowboys are being pressed to make a run at Isaiah Simmons.
The Dallas Cowboys revamped the team’s defense in several last-minute deals at the NFL trade deadline. Dallas could also look to veteran free agents to add even more depth to the unit. Dallas has just a 4% chance to make the NFL playoffs heading into the team’s Week 11 primetime matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, per The Athletic.
This did not stop owner Jerry Jones from making significant moves at the NFL deadline, including acquiring star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox identified the top available free agents and each player’s best landing spot. The analyst is pushing the Cowboys as well as the Baltimore Ravens to make a run at former top-10 pick Isaiah Simmons.
“Isaiah Simmons was a first-round pick in the 2020 draft, but he has struggled to find a true position in the NFL,” Knox wrote in a November 7, 2025, story titled, “Best Team Fits for Top 10 Bargain Free Agents After Trade Deadline.” “A hybrid defender at Clemson, NFL teams have tried him at both linebacker and safety but have never seen truly impressive results at either position.
“The Green Bay Packers gave Simmons a shot this offseason, but he was released in late August and failed to sign with a practice squad. … Simmons would be a logical gamble for a team that regularly uses multiple safeties in a rotation or for one that could use an athletic run defender at the second level.”
Potential Cowboys Target Isaiah Simmons Is a Former Top-10 Pick in the 2020 NFL Draft
After a standout college football career at Clemson, Simmons was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. Simmons inked a four-year, $20.6 million rookie contract with the Cardinals.
The defender also had a short stint with the New York Giants. Most recently, Simmons signed with the Green Bay Packers, but the linebacker was unable to make the final roster and was released ahead of Week 1.
Simmons’ NFL career did not quite live up to the hype as teams struggled to know exactly where to play the versatile defender. The former highly touted prospect spent time at both linebacker and safety. It just so happens Dallas could use help at both positions.
Isaiah Simmons Started 42 Games With the Cardinals & Giants
During his five NFL seasons, Simmons started 42 games for the Cardinals and Giants. Simmons’ best statistical season came in 2022 when the veteran posted 99 tackles, four sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions in 17 appearances for the Cardinals, including 13 starts.
The defender notched an impressive 4.39-second time in the 40-yard dash ahead of the 2020 draft. Additionally, the 6-foot-4, 238-pound defender posted a 39″ vertical. Heading into the draft, analyst Matt Miller (now with ESPN) described Simmons as a “unicorn.”
“Simmons is a true unicorn as a prospect,” Miller wrote for Bleacher Report in April 2020. “Evaluators are stumped on who to compare him to or even what his ceiling will be.
“A smart defensive coordinator will simply look at the matchup each week and let Simmons erase the opposing offense’s biggest threat. He’s a rare game-changer at the linebacker position and should be allowed to play multiple roles and alignments within a single game. If Simmons doesn’t succeed in the NFL, it will be one of the biggest surprises of the 2020 draft class.”
