The Green Bay Packers have the NFL opener in Brazil against the Philadelphia Eagles and also had to worry about their injured franchise quarterback Jordan Love. A diagnosis is now available

Shock moment for the Green Bay Packers! With just 15 seconds left in the 29-34 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, franchise quarterback Jordan Love went down, his face contorted in pain.

With a 5-point deficit shortly before the end, the playmaker held onto the ball a little too long and was knocked over by several Eagles defenders. The 25-year-old immediately held his knee

A closeup of Jordan Love’s injury…
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Packers players gathered around their star quarterback shortly afterward and prayed. A long absence for Love would severely jeopardize Green Bay’s season goals.

Jordan Love: Diagnosis is here

However, as the “NFL Network” reports, there is an audible sigh of relief in Green Bay, because the fear that Love could have suffered a serious injury was probably not confirmed after an examination. The cruciate ligament is not injured, instead he is said to have strained an inner ligament in his knee.

A premature end to the season is therefore not an issue, but a period of absence cannot be avoided. As Tom Pelissero reports, Love is expected to miss three to six weeks.

Teammate Christian Watson spoke out after the game and had the quarterback’s back: “We know what kind of guy he is and how he deals with things like this. Whatever it is, he’ll deal with it. We’ll deal with it.”

Love signed a new contract with the Packers last July. The playmaker will earn 220 million US dollars over four years. “He’s the franchise,” D-lineman Kenny Clark said after the loss. “Hopefully he’ll be ready to go next week. “

Love’s backup Malik Willis took the field for the final two snaps following the injury – he was just traded to the Packers last week.

Aside from Willis, the Packers still have Sean Clifford on the roster, who was actually released by Green Bay but was last on the practice squad.

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Left Leg injury

I’ve reviewed the video multiple times and there are a couple different possible injuries, it’s not super clear at the moment.

Most concerning: ACL tear

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