The Packers dropped their season opener to the Eagles, however the staff could have suffered an much more devastating loss. Jordan Love suffered an obvious leg harm in the course of the closing drive of Friday night time’s sport in Brazil.
After the game, a dejected Matt LaFleur had no updates about his quarterback’s condition. The Packers are scheduled to land back in Green Bay on Saturday afternoon, at which time they’ll presumably get more clarity on Love’s injury. Dianna Russini of The Athletic clarifies that Love will endure an MRI afterward Saturday, though an ankle harm has already been dominated out.
The harm occurred with 5 seconds remaining within the sport as Love tried a Hail Mary cross. Replays confirmed the quarterback’s knee pop as he was delivered to the bottom by Eagles defenders, and Love then remained on the bottom whereas “writhing in ache,” per Lukas Weese and Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. As Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com notes, the harm was paying homage to Kirk Cousins‘ season-ending Achilles harm final 12 months.
From a glass-half-full perspective, Weese and Schneidman be aware that Love might exit the Packers’ locker room underneath his personal energy. The quarterback additionally didn’t have a noticeable limp.
Love, the centerpiece of Inexperienced Bay’s younger core, was anticipated to take one other step ahead following his breakout 2023 marketing campaign. The Packers are particularly assured of their franchise quarterback, because the staff handed him a four-year, $220M extension this offseason that featured a document $55M common annual worth. If Love is compelled to overlook time, Malik Willis would doubtless take over because the beginning quarterback. The Packers are additionally stashing Sean Clifford on the apply squad.
Heart Josh Myers additionally suffered an harm on the identical play as Love, with the lineman telling ESPN’s Rob Demovsky that “extreme cramps” compelled him to the sideline. The starter will presumably be all proper shifting ahead. Nonetheless, the Packers confirmed their contingency plan on the ultimate two performs by shifting Elgton Jenkins to heart (with Sean Rhyan taking up as left guard and Jordan Morgan taking up as proper guard).