GREEN BAY, Wis. — Nothing from what the Inexperienced Bay Packers did at follow Wednesday would point out Jordan Love has an opportunity to play in Sunday’s NFC North showdown towards the Detroit Lions.
That is as a result of aside from using an train bike throughout the stretching interval, Love didn’t take part in follow due to the groin damage he sustained in Sunday’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It was what Love mentioned after follow, nevertheless, that left open the likelihood that the Packers quarterback may play towards the first-place Lions (6-1).
“I feel it is reasonable,” Love mentioned.
Love even mentioned he thought he might play with out practising in any respect this week.
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“Yeah, clearly not practising throughout the week is just not the perfect format for making an attempt to play a recreation,” he mentioned. “Like I mentioned, issues occur, if that is the state of affairs, I do know I will be fantastic. However positively it is not the perfect state of affairs for going into an enormous week.”
Packers coach Matt LaFleur would say solely that they’d “take it sooner or later at a time and see the place he is at by the top of the week” and that Love might “probably” play with out practising.
“He is shifting round higher,” LaFleur mentioned. “We’ll see, once more, we’ll take it sooner or later a time. Definitely, yeah, we’ll push the envelope with that. I do know he needs to play, however we’ll see the place he is at by the top of the week.”
LaFleur must really feel assured that Love might defend himself.
“I feel simply having the ability to play, transfer round within the pocket and never making an attempt to harm myself additional by taking part in … I feel that is what he means by that,” Love mentioned. “However for me, simply having the ability to transfer round a little bit bit and simply be myself on the market taking part in and never simply making an attempt to be caught within the pocket not having the ability to transfer if I would like to maneuver.”
Love injured his groin on the opening sequence of the win at Jacksonville however performed the remainder of the primary half. However early within the third quarter, he hobbled to the sideline and gave strategy to Malik Willis the remainder of the sport.
Whereas he could not say for positive, Love wouldn’t rule out the likelihood that the damage was associated to his left knee sprain from the season opener, an damage that stored him out for 2 video games.
The Packers have their bye week following the Lions recreation, however that will not issue within the resolution to play Love.
“I might positively try to get again as quick as potential even with the bye being subsequent week,” Love mentioned.
Willis, who led the Packers to a pair of wins in Weeks 2 and three rather than Love, directed a game-winning discipline purpose drive to beat the Jaguars and would begin once more this week if Love doesn’t play.
Three of the Packers’ 5 offensive line starters — left sort out Rasheed Walker (knee), left guard Elgton Jenkins (glute) and heart Josh Myers (wrist) — didn’t follow Wednesday. Neither did operating again Josh Jacobs, who sustained an ankle damage late within the recreation at Jacksonville.
“I will be good come recreation time,” Jacobs mentioned.
