Vikings vs Packers: Latest on Jordan Love Injury, Status for Week 4

It is a big weekend for the Minnesota Vikings, as they travel across the border to play against the division rival Green Bay Packers . Injuries will play a big role in the pregame storyline. Most notably, Jordan Love’s injury , on the Packers side. Minnesota is hoping to get Jordan Addison back, after he’s missed two-straight weeks.

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On Addison, the outlook is optimistic . He was limited at Vikings practice on Wednesday, and insiders believe he is on track to play. Meanwhile, the Packers are trying to keep Jordan Love injury secrets locked up tight.

Jordan Love expected to start for Packers

Fortunately for us, they aren’t doing a very good job. On Thursday, it’s now widely accepted that Jordan Love will start for the Green Bay Packers, vs the Vikings. Over at The Athletic , NFL insider Vic Tafur was matter of fact regarding Love’s status. He writes that “the expectation is Jordan Love will play”.

LaFleur totally remade the Packers offense to feature Willis’ running skills, and Willis is 2-0 after routing his old team last week. The expectation is that Jordan Love will be back this week, and the Packers will need him against the Vikings defense, which has been on fire under coordinator Brian Flores and is the first unit in the last 23 seasons to have at least five sacks in each of its first three games.

Vic Tafur – The Athletic

It isn’t just Tafur who is hearing optimism surrounding Love’s status for Sunday. On Wednesday, Adam Schefter (ESPN) and Ian Rapoport (NFL Network) both projected Love to play .

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That same kind of optimism has been reflected by local media members like Rob Demovsky (ESPN) , Jason Hirschhorn (The Leap) , and Wisconsin radio giant Bill Michaels (96.7 FM) , who said this on KFAN Radio with Paul Allen on Thursday morning.

“You want to bring him back because it is a big game. It’s a big opponent. If the Vikings win this one, they are up three games on the Packers, because they would own the tiebreaker. So it’s huge for the Packers, in that regard.

Two, I don’t think you want to bring him back at SoFi stadium next week, on turf. I think you want to put him on natural grass, at home, and with a little momentum. If you need to bring in Malik Willis, you can. Just what I saw yesterday, it seems [Malik Love] is more ready to go this week, than he was last week.”

Bill Michaels on KFAN Radio

Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers has MASSIVE implications

Bill is right about how big this game is. Not just for the Packers, but for the Minnesota Vikings, too. In fact, it might be the biggest game, so far this season, and that’s saying something for a team that’s had to prove itself in all three of its matchups, to this point.

In week one, the Vikings had to prove they weren’t going to be NFL bottom dwellers by going on the road and beating the New York Giants. Week two, the San Francisco 49ers were going to put the Vikings in their place, but failed. Then, in week three, the AFC favorite Houston Texans came to town and hit the Minnesota brick wall, too.

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Just like that, the Minnesota Vikings are 3-0. But Sunday is their first divisional game, and they have a chance to go up on the 2-1 Green Bay Packers by two games. But really, the lead would be more than that, being this week’s matchup is at Lambeau, and the Vikings can take tiebreaker control.

And from the sounds of it, the Packers will have their starting quarterback Jordan Love healthy. That’s good, because we wouldn’t want to give their fans a built-in excuse for Sunday’s ass-kicking in Green Bay.

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