Packers Futures Bettors Wait and Worry After Love Carried Off Field

It happened in the final seconds of the Week 1 game against Philadelphia.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love could not finish Friday's season opener after he suffered an apparent lower left leg injury with 6 seconds left in a 34-29 loss in São Paulo.

Love needed help to get to the sideline, and while he appeared to be moving slightly better as he walked to the locker room after the game, he still needed assistance from head athletic trainer Nate Weir and running back Josh Jacobs under each one of his arms.

The game was a good one and Green Bay certainly demonstrated they can go deep this season, but not if Love is out for any lengthy period of time.

The Packers entered the 2024 season with the 12th shortest odds to win the Super Bowl at 20-1.  Green Bay futures bettors were on edge leading into Saturday morning with little further information.

Coach Matt LaFleur was twice asked about Love's status in his postgame news conference and both times said: "I don't know."

Love did not speak to reporters after the game.

"We know what kind of guy he is, how he approaches everything," wide receiver Christian Watson said. "Whatever it is, I know he's going to get through it. We're going to get through it."

Love was trying to rally the Packers on a final drive. After a 33-yard completion to Jayden Reed that put the Packers at their 49-yard line, Love dropped back to pass on the next play, was hit by two Eagles defenders -- defensive tackle Jalen Carter and outside linebacker Josh Sweat -- and appeared to twist his leg on the way to the ground just as he managed to flip the ball behind him to Jacobs.

Malik Willis, acquired by the Packers in a trade from the Tennessee Titans last week, took the final two snaps -- an incompletion and a sack.