GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love’s Monday evening went fairly equally to the way in which his 2024 season ended.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback was failing to supply many factors in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles whereas main an offense coping with a number of accidents.
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Green Bay (5-3-1) adopted up a surprising 16-13 loss to Carolina by falling 10-7 to Philadelphia. After lighting up the scoreboard in a 35-25 victory at Pittsburgh, the Packers have scored only one landing in every of their final two video games.
Now they have to determine the best way to spark an offense that has instantly hit the skids.
Love went 20 of 36 for 176 yards and was sacked 3 times because the Packers didn’t attain the top zone till Josh Jacobs scored on a 6-yard landing run with 5:49 left within the game. After throwing 13 landing passes in Green Bay’s first seven video games, Love hasn’t thrown any throughout these final two losses.
He additionally hasn’t gotten a lot assist.
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Tight finish Tucker Kraft was having a Pro Bowl-caliber season earlier than tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in opposition to Carolina final week, knocking him out for the remainder of the season. Jayden Reed, the Packers’ main receiver final yr, has been out since mid-September whereas recovering from surgical procedures to his shoulder and foot.
Rookie first-round decide Matthew Golden didn’t play Monday attributable to a shoulder damage, and Romeo Doubs left with a chest damage within the second half. Green Bay additionally misplaced heart Elgton Jenkins to an ankle damage.
Green Bay’s lack of receiving depth was sufficient of a problem that on its last-minute try to get into field-goal vary, Love ended up throwing an 18-yard completion to Bo Melton, who has spent most of this season figuring out at cornerback fairly than his unique place of huge receiver. Melton noticed extra enjoying time than regular on offense as a result of Green Bay had so many injured wideouts.
Love confronted the same scenario within the Packers’ 22-10 wild-card playoff loss at Philadelphia final season, when a number of accidents decimated Green Bay on the offensive line and at huge receiver. Love threw three interceptions with out a landing move in that game.
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Love didn’t throw any interceptions Monday, however he did have a fumble that thwarted a scoring alternative within the second quarter.
Missed alternatives have turn into a working theme with this offense currently.
Against Carolina, the Packers received contained in the Panthers’ 35-yard line on 5 of their first six possessions however transformed these possibilities into simply two subject objectives.
Green Bay didn’t capitalize once more Monday.
The Packers received to Philadelphia’s 38 on the game’s opening sequence earlier than Jalyx Hunt’s sack pushed them out of field-goal vary. They reached Philadelphia’s 27 within the ultimate minute of the second quarter, however Jaelan Phillips recovered a fumble after Love misplaced the ball whereas getting sacked by Nakobe Dean.
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After Jake Elliott’s 39-yard subject objective put Philadelphia forward 3-0 within the third quarter, Green Bay reached Eagles territory on every of its first two second-half drives however couldn’t break via.
On the primary sequence, Love threw a third-and-9 move from the 41 that went off the arms of a diving Doubs. The Packers went for it on fourth-and-9, and Love’s move bounced off the shoulder pads of Melton.
Green Bay had second-and-6 from Philadelphia’s 35 early within the fourth quarter when an unlawful formation penalty worn out a 22-yard completion from Love to Christian Watson. After two Love incompletions, the Packers punted.
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