Packers quarterback Jordan Love suffered a groin injury in the first half of Sunday’s game at Jacksonville. He fought through it for as long as he could.
After taking a hit in the second half, Love was done for the day.
Per a league source, Love will have an MRI on Monday to determine the extent of the injury.
For now, there’s hope that it’s a week-to-week injury, and that he’ll be ready to go for next week’s Lambeau Field showdown against the 6-1 Lions. Although coach Matt LaFleur said he had a “high level of concern” regarding the injury, the quote focused more on Love’s ability to play after the injury happened.
The current belief is that it’s not a long-term injury. And, again, the hope is he’ll be ready next week.
Love missed only two games after suffering a knee injury that looked far worse than it ended up being when it happened, near the end of the Week 1 loss to the Eagles in Brazil.
That said, it’s not as if the cause is lost without Love. Malik Willis won two starts in place of Love, and Willis engineered the win on Sunday, leading the team on a game-winning field goal drive after the Jaguars knotted the game at 27.
In one of the most dominant performances of this NFL season, the Lions destroyed the Titans today in Detroit, jumping out to a 35-14 halftime lead and cruising through the second half to win 52-14.
The star of the show for the Lions was punt returner Kalif Raymond, who had a 90-yard touchdown as well as a 64-yard return, plus a 44-yard return that got called back by a holding penalty. If not for that penalty, Raymond would have broken the NFL record for punt return yards in a game. Raymond also had a receiving touchdown, the first player in Lions history to have both a punt return touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same game.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff didn’t do much but didn’t need to, completing 12 of 15 passes for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Jahmyr Gibbs ran 11 times for 127 yards and a touchdown, and David Montgomery had both a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown on a trick play.
Titans quarterback Mason Rudolph showed some flashes of competent play but also threw a couple of bad interceptions. Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley, with 10 catches for 143 yards, was a bright spot, as was running back Tony Pollard, who had 95 rushing yards and 23 receiving yards.
The Lions are now 6-1 and looking like title contenders even after losing their best defensive player, Aidan Hutchinson, to a broken leg. The Titans fall to 1-6 and are contenders for the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
Titans quarterback Mason Rudolph got off to a rough start today in Detroit.
Under heavy pressure, Rudolph should have just taken the sack but instead tried to force a pass, and Lions linebacker Trevor Nowaske intercepted it deep in Titans territory.
From there, the Lions handed off twice to David Montgomery, and he responded with a nine-yard run and a seven-yard run, the latter reaching the end zone for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.
On the ensuing kickoff, Detroit’s Malcolm Rodriguez was injured. He limped to the sideline and was carted to the locker room. The Lions said he has an ankle injury and will not return.
Titans starting quarterback Will Levis is injured and out today. Levis has made some dumb throws this season, and now Rudolph has shown that he can do the same. The Titans need him to be better.
Last week, Lions quarterback Jared Goff had a chance to become the first quarterback in NFL history to generate a passer rating of 150.0 or higher for three straight games. While he failed to do it, he became the fourth quarterback to have a passer rating of 140.0 or higher for three straight games, joining Roger Staubach, Kurt Warner, and Aaron Rodgers.
Today against the Titans, Goff can be the first to have four straight games of 140.0 or higher.
It’s impressive, even if most don’t know what the passer rating is or how it’s calculated. Ultimately, it’s a mixture of completion percentage, average per attempt, touchdown percentage, and interception percentage. Pro Football Reference has a passer rating calculator, which provides the number based on all of the various inputs.
The bigger number for the Lions and Goff is six. With a win over Tennessee, Detroit will move to 6-1 and be on their way to force the road to New Orleans through Ford Field.
Titans head coach Brian Callahan said early in the week that he was leaning toward starting Mason Rudolph at quarterback against the Lions and that became official on Sunday.
Will Levis is inactive for the second straight week due to the right shoulder injury he’s been dealing with for the last few weeks. The Titans elevated Trevor Siemian to serve as Rudolph’s backup.
Levis hurt his shoulder in Week Four and returned to start after the team’s bye week, but he wound up being limited in practice before being ruled out against the Bills. He was limited in practice again this week, which leaves Rudolph to run the offense again.
The Titans will also be without running back Tyjae Spears, cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, and linebacker Jerome Baker as they try for their second win of the season. Given how well the Lions have played so far this year, that is looking like a tall order.
