EVERY QUARTERBACK HAS his own starting point when he begins to prepare for a game. For Love, it sometimes starts with a look at plays other teams around the league have used.

In a week with a Sunday game followed by another Sunday game, Love does that on Tuesday, when players are usually off while the coaches huddle in game-planning meetings.

It is not a day off for Love.

“I’m usually on my own while the coaches are game planning,” Love told ESPN. “I make a notes page of plays I see other teams running that look good.”

Love will then send those plays to LaFleur and his staff. Just how many of Love’s suggested plays make the game plan each week?

“Sometimes they make it,” Love said. “Sometimes they don’t.”

“Maybe Year 1, he’s just trying to do his job,” Vrable said. “Year 2, right now, I think that communication, that growth when we’re talking about third downs or what we like, Jordan’s like, ‘I like that, but I like that one more.’ As opposed to Year 1, a lot of guys … just want to please people, as opposed to [saying] what you truly feel.”

If Love has become more assertive, since it worked in his favor last season against the Lions, he’s done it respectfully. To date, there have been no subtle shots about playcalling or game plans that haven’t worked out. And rarely, if ever, does anyone see him get frustrated with another player during a game.

In fact, Myers, who is one of Love’s closest friends on the team, could not think of a time when Love chewed out a teammate.

Not even behind closed doors.

“I actually haven’t,” Myers said.

In that regard, Love has differed from Rodgers.

“Yeah, well, give him, what, 14 more years,” joked Myers, who played with Rodgers for two seasons, “and we’ll see.”

When told of Myers’ comment, Love let out a hearty chuckle.

“I think that’s true,” Love said. “I was here with Aaron, but I wasn’t here with him when he first started, but he probably wasn’t the same player or didn’t react the same. I think a lot of it is, when you’ve been playing for so long, you demand greatness and want people to be locked in if they’re not.”

THERE’S REASON TO think Love might never change.

That, according to Sanford, would be out of character for Love.

“My favorite trait in any leader, particularly at the quarterback position, is authenticity,” Sanford said. “Jordan is authentically a real dude. Here’s what I see: I see the Packers have a massive fan base, and when there are things wrong, they just want to see their quarterback go rip Romeo Doubs’ ass for dropping a ball that led to a pick.

“That’s not who Jordan is. Jordan will have the conversation, but he’s not going to go out of his way to make people think, ‘I’m really a tough leader and I can have the hard conversation.’ And there’s so much of that in football. There’s so much fake stuff.”

That doesn’t mean Love avoids confrontation.

“He’s a competitor, and when somebody is making a mistake when he knows they’re capable of more, I’m sure, in his own way, he will say something,” LaFleur said.

THE GENESIS OF Love’s ascent to quarterback stardom can be debated. Some might not think he’s there yet, even though he is tied for the second-largest NFL contract, thanks to the four-year, $220 million contract extension he signed in July.

But to those who think he is among the elite, the epiphany may have come in that 29-22 victory at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day 2023.

If the previous week’s win over the Chargers — a 322-yard, two touchdown game that included a 24-yard scoring pass to Doubs with 2:33 to play — was the moment things changed for Love, then the win over the Lions reinforced it.

It was part of his 18-touchdown, one-interception regular-season finish that convinced the Packers he was their franchise quarterback.

“That was a big one,” Myers said. “I think that was right around the start where [the Packers] were really starting to take off. I think that launched us in the right direction and we’ve kind of been playing some good football since, for the most part. Big moment. Cool moment.”