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The Green Bay Packers have been without Jordan Love for the past two games, but their starting quarterback could return to the field soon. Head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters Monday that Love will be a limited participant in practice to start the week.
“I’m sure he’ll be limited,” LaFleur said, “and then work it day by day.”
“He’s working through it, he’s doing everything in his power, he wants to be out there,” LaFleur added. “We want him out there.”
Love injured his knee late in a season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and was later diagnosed with an MCL sprain. Though he was expected to miss at least three weeks, Love returned to practice last week and said that “he was feeling a lot better.” He wasn’t ruled out in Week 3 until Sunday.
In Love’s absence, Malik Willis has started for the Packers and led them to back-to-back victories. Green Bay traded for the 25-year-old quarterback on Aug. 27, sending a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Titans in return. Willis, a third-round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, started three games as a rookie but was the third-stringer in Tennessee last season.
In wins over the Colts and Titans this season, Willis completed 75.8% of his passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns, while adding 114 yards and another touchdown on the ground.
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Once Love is cleared to play, though, he’ll be in the lineup. Last year, Love showed the Packers why they drafted him in the first round in 2020. In his first season as a full-time starter, Love put up 4,159 passing yards, 32 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and a 96.1 passer rating. He guided Green Bay to the divisional round of the playoffs, before they bowed out in a narrow loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
This offseason, the Packers and Love agreed to a four-year, $220 million extension. He threw for 260 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in a 34-29 loss to the Eagles in Week 1.
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