Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love earned respect from cornerback Jaire Alexander following a series of intense offseason practices filled with trash-talking between teammates
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love withstood trash talk from cornerback Jaire Alexander throughout the offseason, and Alexander finally gave him credit for his mental fortitude this week.
“I didn’t see Jordan get rattled at all,” Alexander told reporters. “I’m always talking to him, trying to get in his head, but I don’t think it works.”
The banter is not mean-spirited, though it can sometimes sound that way, like when Alexander yelled at Love to “wake up” during open training earlier this summer. Instead, it’s an attempt from the Pro Bowl defensive back to make the quarterback unflappable before his first season as the Packers starter.
Love has shown himself to be patient with the chirping, which his team is pleased to see before he ventures into perhaps the most hostile Week 1 environment imaginable: a road tilt against the rival Chicago Bears. Opposing fans will inundate Love with nasty jeers during that game.