The Packers are now playing uphill in the NFC North race

During Sunday's INT, Love tried to get out of the pocket and throw the ball to running back Josh Jacobs, who ran out after initially staying in to protect the pass. But Love had to throw the ball dangerously over the defensive front to get it to Jacobs, and safety Kerby Joseph reached out to grab it and run the other way.

Head coach Matt LaFleur wanted to get a better look at the film of the interception before commenting on it in detail, but both noted that Love is consistently on the “boundary” of when to try to make a play and when to should be “more stingy”. with football, to use the word love.

“You always teach to the rhythm of the piece,” LaFleur said. “If it goes off schedule, you just have to be smart. In a one-possession game you have to be smart with the football.”

“He fights, he competes and we know we have to take care of the football. But I don't question anything he tries. We just have to do better.”

Love added: “It's just a matter of staying true to my instructions and when plays go off schedule, walking the fine line of being smart with the ball and not putting it in danger and maintaining the balance between the play and the shot .” put it away and live to fight another day.

However, given the difficult situation the Packers find themselves in and the efforts that still need to be made to curb turnovers and other mistakes, Love's confidence in himself and this team is not wavering.

When the Packers return from their break, they have three straight games against teams looking to match Green Bay's 6-3 mark – Chicago (4-4), San Francisco (4-4) and Miami (2-6). ) –. before playing Detroit again, even though the 49ers and Dolphins are now healthier at key positions than they were in the first half of the season.

There's still a lot of work to be done, but Love seems committed to leading this team through it.

“We're still a really good football team and I think some things are more self-inflicted – the mistakes, the penalties and the turnovers,” he said. “All stuff we can clean up.

“Like I said, we didn’t play our best game. We still have a lot of football to do when we get back from the bye week, so we’ll just get going when we get back.”

“There is no doubt that we will get back to work and focus on these things and clean everything up. But it just comes down to the fact that when it's Sunday and the lights are bright, we have to go out and get called in and not make those mistakes.”