Why Jordan Love's path to Packers starter remains unique

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On the first day of training camp this summer, Matt LaFleur tried something different. After the one hour, 36-minute practice, the Green Bay Packers coach called the team together in the middle of Ray Nitschke Field.

He shared his thoughts on the practice, went over the schedule for the rest of the day and stepped out of the center of the huddle as usual.

Then he said nothing.

"In the past, I'd call on a specific person to break it down," LaFleur said in a recent interview with ESPN. "This time, I just wanted to see who took it. And the first time the whole team was here, he took it. So I was like, 'There we go.'"

The "he" was quarterback Jordan Love.

And…