Love Among Favorites to Lead NFL in Interceptions

Here are the latest odds for Jordan Love to lead the NFL in touchdowns, interceptions and yards.

Author:
Bill Huber
Publish date:
Jul 18, 2023 3:41 PM EDT

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – No quarterback in NFL history has been better at avoiding interceptions than former Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers. Nonetheless, during his first season as the team’s starter in 2008, he threw a career-high 13.

Young quarterbacks and bad quarterbacks tend to throw interceptions by the bushel. What will Jordan Love do as he replaces Rodgers in 2023?

FanDuel Sportsbook’s NFL odds include season leaders for touchdowns and interceptions.

With the 2023 season approaching, Love is +1600 to lead the NFL in interceptions. Those are the eighth-shortest odds. The Rams’ Matthew Stafford is No. 1 at +800. Among others, he’s followed by NFL MVP candidates Josh Allen of the Bills (+900) and Joe Burrow of the Bengals (+1000).

Of the 65 quarterbacks with at least 80 passing attempts the last two seasons, Love’s interception rate of 3.6 percent is the ninth-highest. Given the importance of winning the weekly turnover battle, cutting down on those miscues will be the priority.

“This is the time to kind of push those boundaries, try things and kind of just see and learn,” Love said after throwing an interception during OTAs. “It’s all learning right now. This is a great time to be able to kind of push those boundaries.”

Love is +6000 to lead the NFL in touchdowns. Only the Giants’ Daniel Jones (+8000), the Bears’ Justin Fields (+10000) and the Falcons’ Desmond Ridder (+10000) have longer odds. Rodgers is sixth at +1200.

Love is +5000 to lead the NFL in passing yards, placing him squarely in the middle of the pack. Kansas City Chiefs star and reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes, who topped 5,000 yards last year, is a solid favorite at +250. In the NFC North, the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins is +1100 (fourth-shortest), the Lions’ Jared Goff is +2500 (ninth-shortest) and the Bears’ Fields is +10000 (third-longest).

While those stats suggest low expectations for the first-time starter, Love is +3500 to win MVP at FanDuel. Those are the 15th-shortest odds and ahead of Denver’s Russell Wilson (+4000), Cousins (+5000) and the Rams’ Matthew Stafford (+6000), among others.