Jordan Love has officially been listed as inactive for the Green Bay Packers, ending hopes of a return from his injury against the Tennessee Titans.
Love sprained his MCL in Brazil against the Eagles in Week 1, but returned to practice taking snaps this week and was thought to be fit to return for Week 3.
He has now been ruled out of the game, meaning backup Malik Willis, who engineered a Week 2 win against the Colts, will start against his former team.
Love was questionable all week and played with protection on Thursday, but the decision has now been made to hold him out for another week.
The Packers will face their rival Vikings in Week 4, and it is believed that the team would prefer to have him at 100% capacity for such an important game.
Jordan Love was injured in Sao Paulo during the NFL’s first game against Brazil in Week 1
Malik Willis returns as a starter to face the team that selected him in the third round in 2022
Willis was effective in his start against the Colts last week, throwing for 122 yards and a touchdown, and rushing for 41 more yards.
This week’s game will see the 25-year-old take on the team that drafted him in 2022.
He was selected 86th overall and was falling down the boards, making his debut in Week 2 against the Buffalo Bills.
Willis was later named the starter in Week 8, but struggled the rest of the way and then did not start a game in 2023, appearing just three times all year.
He was traded to the Packers for a seventh-round draft pick in August of this year, and now he’ll get his chance to impress in Tennessee.