One big difference between now and then is that back in 2008, league-wide the QBs were much better than now. Teams are so desperate now that anyone who has a strong arm goes top-10 in the draft. There are a lot of other mediocre QBs in the league now - Love won't be worse than most of them. In 2008, Anthony Richardson is a 2nd/3rd round pick, not #4 overall. Also, in 2008, Aaron Kampman was the Packers best pass-rushing threat followed by Mike Montgomery and Johnny Jolly and Ryan Pickett were your interior DL. There's a reason why the Packers took Raji and Matthews in the first round in 2009. They were 5th in the league in points scored in 2008, 22nd in points against.
By the time the schedule gets tough, Gary and Stokes should be back. A front six of Van Ness, Wyatt, Clark, Gary, Walker, and Campbell with Alexander and Stokes at corner will give the offense a lot of opportunities to score.