Green Bay Packers veterans report for training camp today. We have officially transitioned from offseason to preseason as teams prepare for the 2023 NFL regular season. The Packers, of course, have been and will continue to be one of the most talked about teams in the NFL due to their trading of Aaron Rodgers in favor of 2020 first round pick Jordan Love.
Of all Packers players, Love will be the most scrutinized of all, taking over for a future Hall of Famer whose number will eventually be retired by the franchise. This is why Love leads the way o
n this list of five Green Bay players who must have a breakout season in 2023.
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1. Green Bay Packers Starting Quarterback Jordan Love

Going into the 2023 season, Love has attempted 83 passes in two seasons as Rodgers’ backup. He has completed 60.2% of those passes for 606 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions.
Last season, he appeared in four games, the most notable being when he came in late against the Philadelphia Eagles and impressed even the opposing defense. Overall, Love completed 14 of his 21 passing attempts in 2022 (66.7%) for 195 yards and a touchdown, giving him a quarterback rating of 112.2.
Of course, this is a very small sample size. Love is going to have be under a microscope all season, and perhaps even longer, due to the legacy of the player he is replacing. He can silence the doubters sooner (and, more importantly, get Green Bay back to the playoffs) by having a breakout season in his first year as the starter.
2. 2022 Fourth Round Pick, Wide Receiver Romeo Doubs

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As far as rookie seasons go for Packers wide receivers, Romeo Doubs had a pretty solid 2022 campaign. He had 42 receptions for 425 yards and three touchdowns, but missed four games with an ankle injury during the season.
Doubs also had drop issues last season, dropping nine passes (more than Christian Watson) for a drop percentage of 13.7%. While it is not unusual for young wide receivers to struggle in this area (Davante Adams did), Doubs is now in an unusual situation for the Packers.
Along with Watson, Doubs is projected to be one of the starting wide receivers on offense, leading a group of pass catchers in which no one has played a full NFL season. If Love and the Packers are to be successful in 2023, Doubs needs to have a breakout season.
And “a breakout season” does not necessarily mean putting up 1,000 yards and 10+ touchdowns (though that would be nice). However, if Doubs can establish himself as a sure-handed receiver that Love can count on in crunch time, he will have a very good year.
3. Wide Receiver 1 (?) Christian Watson

With 41 receptions for 611 yards and seven receiving touchdowns in 2022, Christian Watson had the best season of any Packers rookie season during the Aaron Rodgers Era. He certainly flashed the potential to be a wide receiver one in the NFL last season, scoring eight touchdowns in a four-game stretch between Week 10 and Week 13.
However, he had just three 100-yard games last season, two during that stretch and one in Week 18 in the Packers’ loss to the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field to end the season. Other than those three games, Watson failed to have more than 49 receiving yards in any given contest.
Consistency will be the key for Watson, and hopefully spending the entire offseason working with his quarterback instead of healing from a knee procedure will help him start off the season better than he did in 2022.
4. 2022 First Round Pick Quay Walker

The first of Green Bay’s first round picks in 2022, Quay Walker had a pretty good rookie season. He totaled 121 tackles, deflected seven passes, forced three fumbles, and had 1.5 sacks. He also got ejected from two games for making contact with non-player personnel on opposing teams.
What the Packers and their fans saw last season was a great display of raw talent, but also raw emotion. Both need to be reined in so that Walker can reach his full potential as a football player.
Specifically, Walker was really bad against the run last season (as was the entire Packers defense) with a PFF run defense grade of 35.1. His tackling numbers were good, but just imagine how great they will be when he finally has a breakout season. All he and the Packers need to do is channel that raw energy and emotion and he could very well be one of the best inside linebackers in the NFL.
5. 2022 First Round Draft Pick Devonte Wyatt

Numerous Packers and national writers have identified Devonte Wyatt as their breakout candidate for Green Bay. And rightly so. Of all Green Bay’s interior defensive linemen last season, Wyatt had the best overall PFF grade with 69.9.
For some reason, Wyatt did not get very many opportunities until late in the season when Dean Lowry got injured. Even Packers Hall of Famer Gilbert Brown was calling for Wyatt to get more playing time!
Wyatt will not have the issue of being stuck behind sub-par defenders this year. Lowry and Jarran Reed are both gone, Lowry to the Minnesota Vikings and Reed back to the Seattle Seahawks. With increased snaps, Wyatt will be able to have a bigger impact on the game, and based on what we saw glimpses of last season, he could be a real game changer.
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