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Jordan Love won’t play for Green Bay in Sunday’s home game against the Indianapolis Colts as the quarterback continues to recover from a knee injury he sustained in the team’s season opener.
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Love is inactive, marking the first time he has missed a game because of an injury since taking over as the starting QB last year. Love hadn’t practiced all week after hurting his left medial collateral ligament in the final series of the Packers’ 34-29 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 6 in Brazil.
Malik Willis will start in Love’s place, less than three weeks after joining the Packers. In a trade that was announced Aug. 27, Green Bay acquired Willis from the Tennessee Titans for a 2025 seventh-round pick.
Willis, a 2022 third-round pick from Liberty, made his only three previous starts during his rookie season. Tennessee went 1-2 in those games, and Willis didn’t throw for as many as 100 yards in any of them.
Sean Clifford will back up Willis. The Packers activated Clifford from the practice squad for Sunday’s game.
[Read more: QB Confidential: How can the NFL better develop its backup quarterbacks?]
Willis will face a Colts secondary that is missing safety Julian Blackmon and cornerback JuJu Brents. Blackmon is unavailable because of a shoulder injury. Brents went on injured reserve this week after hurting his knee in a 29-27 loss to the Houston Texans.
The Colts also won’t have wide receiver Josh Downs available for a second straight game because of an ankle injury. Downs had 68 catches for 771 yards and two touchdowns last season.
Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner is…
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