Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love left Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears with an elbow injury, with the playoffs just one week away. The Packers wide receiver Christian Watson also suffered a non-contact knee injury during Sunday’s game.
Love suffered the elbow injury with the Packers trailing 14-3 in the second quarter on a first-and-10 play. After facing pressure in the pocket, he dumped the ball to running back Josh Jacobs as he got hit. Love stood up after the hit shaking and flexing his right hand, with trainers immediately taking to the field to inspect the injury. Watson was replaced by backup Malik Willis, with the Packers listing Love as questionable to return. Trainers continued to evaluate Love on the sideline before the Packers announced that he had sustained the elbow injury.
Watson was injured prior to Love’s injury, after he fell to the turf untouched while running a route and immediately grabbed his right knee in pain. Trainers tended to Watson on the field, but he was eventually carted off and ruled out of the game at halftime. Watson entered Sunday having tallied 29 catches for 620 yards (21.4 yards per reception) and two touchdowns.
The Packers entered Sunday having already clinched a playoff berth, and will open the playoffs on the road next week.
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