Packers Film Room: Jordan Love's Interception Against the Browns - 2025 Week 3
Film maven Dusty Evely digs into Jordan Love's INT versus the Browns.
By DustyEvely
Taking a look at Jordan Love's back-breaking interception against the Browns through the lens of 2 previous plays in the game. We're looking at 3 total plays, all with the Packers in a 3x1 set, running a vertical clear route from the inside receiver.
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Dusty Evely is a film analyst for Cheesehead TV. He can be heard talking about the Packers on Pack-A-Day Podcast and writing at Acme Packing Company. He can be found on Twitter at @DustyEvely or email at [email protected].
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Comments (14)
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 08:53 am
Dusty. No Dusty. I can’t watch it. Thanks though for the videos…
14 penalties in 60 mins. One every 4 mins of play basically…that’s not right
Why run the play at the end of the 3rd qtr and that was the game.
Gave them more time at the end…
On to win 813 I believe this week
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 09:09 am
Packers 61 plays. Brown 57
Time of possession Packer 34:14. Browns 25:46
Yet we only had 4 more plays…
Youngest team in the NfL should have fresh legs..
Should have ran 72 plays
We need to run 9-12 more plays a game to win unless we stop the 14 penalties a game.
it’s a numbers game with that many penalties..
T7Steve
September 23, 2025 at 09:21 am
Thanks, Dusty.
I can't believe how these sessions dial me in and help me know what to look for when I watch the next game or even the highlights.
I learn so much for a guy that thinks he knows it all.
Could you do some on the run game set & blocking? It will probably have to wait till they get some successful sequences so you can make comparisons.
Vachio
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 am
It was an excellent play by a very skilled DB. It happens. Every player in the NFL is a world class athlete, so the other team has them, too. I also disagree with MLF that it was a bad play call. Based on how they played that formation earlier in the game and the down and distance, it was a solid call. The DB just made a great play. Hats off to him.
iamiz
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 am
Is this revisionist history or an absolution?
The truth is somewhere in between.
As bad as that int was, it wasn't as bad as the offensive gameplan in toto.
And is Josh Jacobs wash? RBs can hit the wall suddenly.
Inquiring minds want to know.
crayzpackfan
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 pm
The wall Jacob’s is hitting are unblocked defensive linemen.
egbertsouse
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 pm
Exactly. Jacobs ran hard, every foot he gained was on him. The Oline did squat.
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 01:10 pm
Josh Jacob’s is fine.
Its hard to run when the QB is not under center.
It’s hard to run when the center should be playing guard
It’s hard to run when PFF scores on the o line haven’t been great.
He does have over 200 more carries than Aaron Jones but Derek Henry has more than Jacob’s and he’s fine other than a fumble last night.
Jacob’s wants to win and carry the rock..
You have to get these guys involved often and early.
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 01:13 pm
If you look at the pass Jordan threw it was low and the receiver wouldn’t have got it.
I think Jordan threw low because of the coverage and didn’t see the other guy.
However Kraft was wide open. Cant state the whole time to the left.
If it’s me I run that play to the right.. he’s a right handed qb. Better odds ..
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 01:18 pm
Josh is the reason we won that many games last year.
He comes to work with his lunch box everyday .
Running back in this league is tuff 17 plus games like we will play this year and into February.
Snap the ball
September 23, 2025 at 01:24 pm
Yup playing in February.
Lphill
September 23, 2025 at 01:30 pm
so Loves arm is faster than his brain is what I get from it.
davekenya
September 23, 2025 at 03:24 pm
The Browns' defense looks different pre-snap on these plays even to my untrained eye.
On the plays where the 'interceptor' who is covering Kraft (and stays with him heading downfield), the safety is NOT up in the box. He's well off the LOS to offer help should a play go deeper downfield. Love should read this as it doesn't change both pre and post snap.
On the interception play, the 'interceptor' who is covering Kraft is in the same position. What's different pre-snap is that the safety IS up in the box. He's 'sacrificing' help should a play go deeper downfield...and instead is offering some kind of help closer to the LOS. A 'thinking' QB would realize that there's 3 minutes left in the game...the Browns are 7 points down...have a poor offense...and are 'taking a chance' on defense. Pea-brain Love should see this pre-snap alignment...realize something is different than other related plays...and that there's 'help' in some fashion closer to the LOS that the safety will be providing. Instead, automaton Love (who has no 'feel' for the defense) goes on auto-pilot and makes the same throw he did before...even tho the coverage is different. With the safety UP IN THE BOX, it should (instead) 'click' that there's less deep help should a play go deeper downfield. Thus, hang onto the ball for a count longer...and throw a soft deep pass a bit to the left to Kraft who is open and becomes more open for a long-gainer (30+ yards). Less a great play by the Defense and more a boneheaded pre-snap miss on Love's part.
The last play of Q3 is somewhat similar. We see the safety up in the box pre-snap. However, this time the inside packer receiver of the 3 alignment is not a TE, but a WR. The safety does not 'jump' the route but (appropriately) drifts back instead -- offering more coverage help to the WR streaking downfield. The Browns' 4 DL massively overpower the 5 OL blocking for Love...forcing him to scramble to the sideline. Our hero Love, shunning everything he's ever learned since 7th grade directly from coaches or indirectly by watching hundreds of games where a QB forced out from the pocket and under pressure simply throws the ball out of bounds...instead takes a drive-ending sack. Mr. pea-brain strikes again.
The easy answers to say are that the D made a great play...or that MLF made a very poor play call. The harder answer is to admit that now into - what - year 6 of film study?? that Love simply will always be a tease...good on some plays and boneheaded on others. He's the walking definition of a slot machine...he pays off just enough for people to continue believing in him.
Is he what he is and no more than that??????
Packerlifer
September 23, 2025 at 08:49 pm
I like Hall of Fame LeRoy Butler's analysis.https://sports.yahoo.com/video/xs-os-leroy-butler-breaking-195940563.html