The Packers remain hopeful.
Despite Jordan Love not being able to practice at all this week, the team Starting quarterback's ability listed as questionable He will play in Green Bay's Week 2 showdown against the Colts.
Love sprained his MCL last week in the team's season-opening 34-29 loss to the Eagles, and while the Packers are expected to give him a chance to play this weekend, the knee injury was expected to be a multi-week injury.
“He's doing well,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters on Friday. “He's got a great attitude, he's working hard and he's getting better every day.”
The quarterback, trying to mount a comeback on the final series of last Friday's game in Brazil, was taken down hard on a lateral attack and ejected on the final few plays and replaced by Malik Willis.
Love, who turns 26 in November, finally got a chance to start last season after spending three seasons behind current Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
He did not disappoint.
In 2023, Love appeared in 17 games, completing 64.2% of his passes for 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Love signed a four-year, $220 million contract extension this offseason, banking on his performance in 2023.
He had 260 yards, two touchdowns and one interception before his injury last week.
Willis, the team's reserve player, will start in place of Love.
The No. 1 playmaker was a third-round pick of the Titans in 2022 and has started three games in two seasons.
He completed 52.2% of his passes for 350 yards, but had three interceptions and no touchdowns.
Willis also scored one touchdown.
He was traded from the Titans to the Packers in August in exchange for a seventh-round pick.
