Jordan Love shares new details about the shoulder injury he fought through for the Packers to beat the Giants
Quarterback suffered a shoulder injury and missed some snaps during the Giants game, but was able to play through it and lead the Packers to a big victory.
It was a tense afternoon for the Green Bay Packers, with several players missing snaps because of injury. Jordan Love, Josh Jacobs, Romeo Doubs, Matthew Golden, Zach Tom, Karl Brooks, Quay Walker, and Arron Mosby all had issues popping up throughout the game.
In Love’s case, he had to miss part of the second drive after suffering a shoulder hit, but he played through it and was key for the Packers to beat the New York Giants 27-20.
“It was tough,” Love revealed after the game. “I went in and got evaluated, and I figured it was good enough to come back, so I came back in. But it was definitely not fun. It’s just a small injury. So we’ll reevaluate it when we get back, look at it, see what’s going on. But it’s not fun.”
At first, Love went into the blue medical tent, but he had to go to the locker room for more tests before getting back on the field.
“You get X-rayed, get taped up, and see what kind of severity it is and come back,” Love explained. “But it happened on the hit. I lowered my shoulder, and he gave me a good pop. So I felt it right away. It was right to the sideline, and thought I was able to make a move and didn’t. He was right there, and I lowered my shoulder. I wish I would have just gone out of bounds or tried to slide right there and got a good hit.”
Thankfully for Love and the Packers, the injury was on the left side, which made it easier for the right-handed quarterback to keep playing.
“It was definitely manageable,” Love said. “Something I was able to play through. It definitely was there, but it was manageable.”
Huge impact on offense
The most concerning injury of the day happened to Jacobs. He left the game in the first half, right after Love went to the locker room as well. Jacobs was declared questionable, then ruled out because of a knee injury.
“Any time a player doesn’t, especially of his magnitude, but any time a player doesn’t finish a game, you’re always concerned about the welfare of them,” head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game.
Without Jacobs, the Packers only have Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks on the 53-man roster. Pierre Strong Jr. is on the practice squad, and MarShawn Lloyd is still recovering from a hamstring injury — he’s been the entire regular season on the injured reserve.
Now, the Packers have a full week of preparation before starting a sequence of three consecutive divisional games — in order, vs. the Minnesota Vikings, at the Detroit Lions, and vs. the Chicago Bears.
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