Packers QB Jordan Love throws another INT, but encouraging signs emerge from win over Bears

Evaluating an encouraging performance from Jordan Love in the Packers’ win over the Bears on Sunday.

He’ll want back a red-zone throw that sailed on him, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love produced an otherwise encouraging performance during Sunday’s 20-19 win over the Chicago Bears.

Save for the one miss that led to an interception, Love was accurate. He hit a pair of deep passes down the field. He was perfect on passes over 10 yards in the air. He was perfect on passes under pressure. He looked more comfortable throwing from a base platform and more mobile outside the pocket. And he led the Packers on a go-ahead touchdown drive late.

Love completed 13 of 17 passes for 261 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He averaged 15.4 yards per attempt and 20.0 yards per completion.

Factoring in one throwaway and one drop, Love’s adjusted completion percentage was 87.5 — his best of the season.

He connected on two passes thrown over 20 yards — one on a 25-yarder to Christian Watson setting up a touchdown, and another on a 48-yarder in which Watson made a contested catch between two defenders.

Love was perfect on passes over 10 yards in the air, completing all six pass attempts for 182 yards and a touchdown.

Under pressure, Love was 8-for-8 passing for 185 yards — averaging an incredible 23.1 yards per attempt — with two scrambles, including one that set up his go-ahead touchdown run in the fourth quarter. A play prior, Love hung in the pocket and delivered a strike to Watson just before getting hit, leading to a 60-yard explosive play.

In the first half, Love fired a fastball to Jayden Reed on a free play for a score. He threw from a perfect base. Later, he made a terrific throw from a muddy pocket to Watson to convert 3rd-and-11. Both times, Love stepped into the throw and put some juice on the ball. At least four different times, Love was able to break contain of the pocket and extend a play off-schedule, including one where he stepped up to his right and found Romeo Doubs for 17 yards. It was clear the knee and the groin felt a lot better post-bye.

With the game in the balance, Love engineered the touchdown drive, hitting Watson for the big play and then using his legs to do the rest.

The interception was a poor play. Love had Tucker Kraft open on 3rd-and-11, and a good throw might have allowed the tackle-breaking tight end to get to the sticks and extend the drive. Instead, the throw sailed, the Bears picked it off and the game quickly swung Chicago’s way. The interception extended Love’s streak to eight games with an interception to start the 2024 season.

But the pick was an aberration when evaluating Love’s overall performance at Soldier Field on Sunday.

Love missed on four passes against the Bears. One was a deflection from Jaylon Johnson on an underneath pass. One was a throwaway. One was a drop from Doubs on third down. One was the pick.

Against a strong passing defense, Love consistently led the Packers down the field. The red-zone performance might get better, of course. The interception and a turnover on downs — when Love had to scramble on back-to-back plays — resulted in zero points on two of the five trips inside the 20. But in a low-possession game, the Packers moved the ball consistently.

For a second, forget the results. To get hot, the Packers needed Love to be more accurate and more mobile, and coach Matt LaFleur was confident that Love getting healthy during the bye would likely solve some of the lingering issues in the passing game. Sunday was just one game, but Love looked healthy, more accurate and more mobile, and the Packers turned only 17 passing attempts into 261 yards. More progression is required, especially in the red zone, but an encouraging overall performance in Chicago from a finally healthy quarterback could lay the groundwork for Love and the Packers taking off in a big way over the final seven games.

Packers QB Jordan Love extends interception streak to 8 games to start 2024

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love threw a first-half interception on Sunday against the Chicago Bears, extending his NFL-long interception streak to eight games to start the 2024 season. 

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love threw a first-half interception on Sunday against the Chicago Bears, extending his NFL-long interception streak to eight games to start the 2024 season.

On third down in the red zone, Love sailed a pass intended for tight end Tucker Kraft, and Terrell Smith made the interception at the 1-yard line.

Love has thrown an interception in all eight starts in 2024.

Here’s the latest pick:

The interception cost the Packers at least three points. With a better throw, Kraft could have made the catch and potentially picked up the first down to extend the drive inside the red zone. Instead, the turnover gave the ball back to the Bears with no points scored.

The Packers had 2nd-and-1 from the Bears’ 5-yard line. But a penalty backed the offense five yards, and Jayden Reed got dumped for a 5-yard loss one play later, setting up 3rd-and-long. The interception arrived on 3rd-and-11.

According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, Love’s 8-game interception streak is the longest by a Packers quarterback since Brett Favre threw an interception in 10 straight games in 2005.

Love now has an NFL-high 11 interceptions this season. He threw 11 interceptions across 17 starts as a first-year starter in 2023.

Including the postseason, Love has thrown an interception in nine straight games.

Is Jordan Love playing today vs. Bears? Injury updates for Packers QB

Packers QB Jordan Love practiced in full this week and will play Sunday against the Chicago Bears.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love practiced fully throughout the week and will play without injury concern against the Chicago Bears during Week 11 of the 2024 season. Love first injured his knee in Week 1 and missed two games, and he suffered a minor groin injury in Week 8 that limited him in Week 9. Coming out of the bye, Love appears to have put both injuries behind him. He will make his eighth start of the season on Sunday at Soldier Field (noon, FOX).

Jordan Love injury update

Love practiced in a full capacity on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week and has no playing status designation for Sunday’s showdown in Chicago. He previously played against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 despite being listed as questionable with an injured groin. The Packers believe Love will be more accurate and more mobile now that knee and groin injuries are mostly healed coming out of the bye.

What does this mean for Jordan Love?

Two healthy legs and a full week of practice should mean the Packers get the best version of Love moving forward. His mobility has been limited, both inside the pocket and outside the pocket on extended plays. And because of the two injuries, Love has missed at least a full month of practice time during the week leading up to games. That’s a tough combo for a young starter. Having enhanced movement ability and a full week of reps could mean Love is closer to the top-10 passer he was to end last season.

Jordan Love stats

Over seven starts, Love has completed 147 of 240 passes (61.3 percent) for 1,820 yards (7.6 per attempt), 15 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. His passer rating is 88.2. He threw multiple touchdown passes during each of his first five starts, but he also has an interception thrown in all seven starts. His accuracy has been inconsistent at times. While excellent from clean pockets, pressure has greatly affected him, possibly due to the injuries and limited mobility.

Who is Packers backup QB?

Love is healthy and will start, but the Packers have a capable backup option in Malik Willis, who led Matt LaFleur’s team to a pair of wins as a starter and helped the Packers engineer a game-winning drive in Jacksonville. Willis has completed almost 75 percent of his passes and averaged 9.7 yards per attempt while throwing three touchdown passes without an interception. His passer rating is 130.3. Willis has also rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown.

Packers QB Jordan Love finally healthy coming out of bye week

Packers QB Jordan Love was a full participant during Wednesday’s practice, the first coming out of the bye. Matt LaFleur thinks he’ll have better mobility and accuracy moving forward.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love used the bye week to put knee and groin injuries in the rear-view mirror, and coach Matt LaFleur is hopeful that a full week of practice leading into games will be “beneficial” for the second-year starter down the stretch in 2024.

Love injured the MCL in his left knee in Week 1 and missed two games, and then he suffered a groin injury in Week 8 and missed practices before the Packers’ loss to the Detroit Lions before the bye. The first half of the Packers’ season was marred by inconsistency on offense, which can be at least partly blamed on the lingering injury issues faced by the quarterback.

LaFleur thinks Love — who was a full participant at Wednesday’s practice — will have better mobility and accuracy with two healthy legs moving forward.

“When you’re limited in your lower half as a quarterback, that can have a big effect on your ability to move around in the pocket or throw accurately. So it’ll be good to get him some practice under his belt where he’s fully healthy,” LaFleur said Wednesday. “That’s the other thing, going back to last game, he didn’t practice the full week. Confident that a full week’s worth of practice and just stacking those days will definitely be beneficial for him.”

Love has missed at least a month’s worth of practice due to injuries this season. LaFleur hopes full and consistent availability at practice can turn his quarterback from good to great to end 2024.

Love has completed 61.3 percent of his passes, thrown 10 interceptions and scrambled only five times in seven starts this season. The Packers passing game has left a lot of production out of the field via either inaccurate throws or dropped passes, and Love being slightly more accurate could help unlock consistency over the final eight games.

Also, moving around in the pocket and extending plays were big parts of Love’s second-half surge last season. With the knee and groin injuries healed or healing, Love could be more mobile down the stretch.

Can Love and the Packers start catching fire coming out of the bye? The first test arrives Sunday in Chicago.

Packers QB Jordan Love, Lakers star Anthony Davis do jersey swap in Los Angeles

Packers QB Jordan Love and Lakers star (and Packers fan) Anthony Davis swapped a pair of uniforms in Los Angeles on Friday night.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love added a new jersey to his collection during the bye week. On Friday night, Love was in Los Angeles to see Anthony Davis — a big Packers fan — and the Lakers take on the Philadelphia 76ers at crypto.com Arena, and the two stars did a post-game jersey swap.

Not only did Love and Davis do a sport-specific jersey swap — Love got a personalized No. 10 Lakers jersey, while Davis got a personalized No. 3 Packers jersey — but the two also swapped game-worn uniforms. Love received one of Davis’ previously worn gold uniforms, while Davis got a previously worn No. 10 white away uniform.

With Love in the house, Davis scored a game-high 31 points as the Lakers went on to beat the 76ers by 116-106 final.

Love grew up in Bakersfield, California and played basketball in high school.

The Packers are off in Week 10. Love will return to Green Bay to start next week and begin prep for the Chicago Bears, the Packers’ opponent in Week 11.

Notre Dame Week 11 highlight — Jeremiyah Love gets in on the act

Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love keeps his TD streak alive.

(This story was updated to correct a misspelling/typo.)

Despite No. 10 Notre Dame blowing out the Florida State Seminoles tonight, Fighting Irish running back [autotag]Jeremiyah Love[/autotag] has been relatively quiet.

Sure, his fellow running back [autotag]Jadarian Price[/autotag] has a rushing touchdown and quarterback [autotag]Riley Leonard[/autotag] has two. Love had under 10 carries when took the ball in for a rushing touchdown in his ninth consecutive game.

The 1-yard touchdown run followed a 26-yard catch by [autotag]Jaden Greathouse[/autotag] and ended a 7-play, 65-yard drive that took 3:51 off the clock.

Notre Dame leads the Seminoles 38-3 as it looks for a statement win.

Jeremiyah Love had a 64-yard touchdown run against Navy.
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (4) runs the ball down the sideline on his way to score a touchdown during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in South Bend.

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Packers QB Jordan Love (groin) expected to play vs. Lions

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is expected to play through a groin injury on Sunday against the Detroit Lions, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is expected to play through a groin injury on Sunday against the Detroit Lions, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

The Packers listed Love, who injured his groin last Sunday in Jacksonville, as questionable to play on the final injury report. He practiced in a limited capacity on both Thursday and Friday this week.

Coach Matt LaFleur said the Packers would give Love “up to game time to see how he’s feeling,” suggesting a game-time decision. Pelissero’s report indicates Love and the Packers are already comfortable with him being on the field Sunday.

Barring some kind of setback pre-game on Sunday, Love will start against the Lions, who have won five straight games and are leading the NFC North at 6-1. The winner Sunday will take over first place in the division entering Week 10.

Love was injured while extending a play early in the first quarter last week against the Jaguars. He played through the injury for roughly two quarters but exited on the first drive of the third quarter.

Love has thrown 15 touchdown passes and an NFL-high nine interceptions over six starts this season. Backup quarterback Malik Willis led the Packers to back-to-back wins over the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans while Love was out with a sprained MCL, and he engineered a game-winning drive to beat the Jaguars last Sunday. Willis would be next up if Love suffers a setback or has to exit the game Sunday.

Will Jordan Love play in Week Nine? Injury update on Packers quarterback

Will the Packers have Jordan Love against the Lions?

Jordan Love update

On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers host the Detroit Lions in a huge NFC North game.

The concern for the Packers was the availability of quarterback Jordan Love. The news seems to be trending in the right direction.

Why might Jordan Love be out?

The concern over Love is because he suffered a groin injury last week in the win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. This would be the second time Love has been shelved by an injury in 2024.

Green Bay Packers QB depth chart

Jordan Love is the No. 1 QB for Green Bay. Behind him is Malik Willis. If Love was unable to go, the Packers would turn to the former Tennessee Titan, again.

Packers listing QB Jordan Love as questionable to play vs. Lions in Week 9

The Green Bay Packers are listing quarterback Jordan Love as questionable to play for Sunday’s NFC North showdown with the Detroit Lions. 

The Green Bay Packers are listing quarterback Jordan Love as questionable to play for Sunday’s NFC North showdown with the Detroit Lions.

Love, who injured his groin in last week’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, missed practice on Wednesday but returned to practice in a limited capacity on Thursday and Friday this week.

“He’ll be questionable for the game,” coach Matt LaFleur said Friday.

Love was previously listed as questionable in Week 3 and Week 4 after injuring his MCL. He sat out the Packers’ win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 3 but returned to play during the Packers’ loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4.

“We will give him up to game time to see how he’s feeling,” LaFleur said.

Earlier this week, Love said he wanted to be able to move in and out of the pocket to play Sunday. His limited mobility and inability to protect himself were reasons why he didn’t finish last week’s win over the Jaguars despite playing through the injury for roughly two quarters.

Love’s backup is Malik Willis, who went 2-0 as a starter with Love out earlier this season. He also led the Packers on a game-winning drive last week in Jacksonville.

Inactives are due 90 minutes before kickoff, so the next update on Love will arrive at roughly 1:55 p.m. CST on Sunday. The Packers and Lions kickoff from Lambeau Field at 3:25 p.m.

Packers QB Jordan Love returns to practice on Thursday

The Green Bay Packers returned quarterback Jordan Love to practice for Thursday’s padded practice.

The Green Bay Packers returned quarterback Jordan Love to practice for Thursday’s padded practice, according to Wes Hodkiewicz of the team’s official site.

Love, who injured his groin during Sunday’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, missed Wednesday’s practice.

Coach Matt LaFleur said Love was “limited” and wouldn’t expand more on his participation during practice on Thursday.

LaFleur said Love would have a chance to play against the Detroit Lions on Sunday whether he practiced or not this week. Love’s return to the practice field — even in a limited capacity — suggests the door is wide open for him to play in three days.

On Wednesday, Love said it was “realistic” he could play Sunday, but he needed to be able to move around and navigate in and out of the pocket well enough for him to be available. He was removed from the game last Sunday after he said his leg “locked” up and he could no longer protect himself. Practicing Thursday — especially in less than ideal weather conditions — provides an opportunity for Love to test out his mobility in an on-field setting.

Love wasn’t the only player to return Thursday. Running back Josh Jacobs (ankle), left guard Elgton Jenkins (glute) and left tackle Rasheed Walker (knee) were all available practice Thursday after missing Wednesday’s session. The three absences: cornerback Jaire Alexander (knee), safety Evan Williams (hamstring) and center Josh Myers (wrist).

The Packers will provide an updated injury report on Thursday. The final injury report with playing status designations arrives Friday afternoon.

This post will be updated with comments from LaFleur after practice.