Led by Jordan Love, young Packers are just getting started

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers was as fresh as the grass stains on Keisean Nixon's uniform when he was asked to sum up the 2023 version of the Green Bay Packers.

As much as the 24-21 playoff loss at Levi's Stadium had left its mark, so did this team. And Nixon, the All-Pro kick returner and nickel cornerback, had just the words to describe it: "The future."

If anything, the future came early.

The 2023 season would have been deemed somewhat successful if all they had learned was that Jordan Love is the quarterback of the future after Aaron Rodgers' departure. But their late push to the playoffs, the NFC wild-card win over the…