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Brett Favre envisions Jordan Love filling Taysom Hill role with Green Bay Packers

Former Packers quarterback Brett Favre said that Green Bay should deploy first-round draft pick Jordan Love in much the same way that the New Orleans Saints use backup QB (and former Packers training-camp sensation) Taysom Hill. That is, in an alternative role that takes advantage of his athleticism while allowing the starting quarterback (be it Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers) to also remain on the field.

“I think there’s ways to incorporate it much like Taysom Hill with the Saints,” Favre told TMZ.com. “Use him as a halfback, a halfback pass, but occasionally let him run it just to show that you’ll do that.