Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love is dealing with a different ankle issue than the one that sidelined him during preseason, according to head coach Mike LaFleur.
Love was seen having his ankle worked on during Arizona’s Week 4 loss to the New York Giants. He also wasn’t on the field for the Cardinals’ final drive, when the offense was pushing for a potential winning score before the series ended on the final play.
“It’s a different one, and he’s been dealing with it for a little bit, but it’s just a management type thing. It’s like [Love] tweaks it, and then he feels fine.
So we’re just trying to manage that. He’s doing a good job with it too,” LaFleur said.
Love ran for 63 yards on 14 carries in the game and later said in the locker room that the ankle wasn’t really limiting him.
“Not really bothering me, kinda just managing it,” Love said (h/t The Arizona Republic). “Cause we’ve got a long season; coaches don’t want to overload me. So not necessarily bothering me to the point where I can’t play, ’cause I can go out there and play regardless.
“Whether it’s bothering me, I’ve gotta go out there and putting something on the line for the team to put us in the best position to have success. But it was alright.”
Love was also out-snapped by Tyler Allgeier, 36-30, on Sunday. During the open portion of practice last week, he was spotted going down with an injury before returning.
Before that, Love had missed Arizona’s final two preseason games, but he had been available in every regular-season game up to this point.
With a Week 5 meeting against the Detroit Lions coming up, it’s clearly something worth watching.
“It’s frustrating because I’m the type of guy who is willing to do whatever I can to help the team have success,” Love continued postgame (h/t AZCardinals.com).
“I want to be out there regardless how I am feeling but my coaches care about me. They’re not going to put you out there if you’re not in a position to be yourself.
It’s frustrating for me personally, not even with the coaches, I’m really frustrated with myself because I just want to be good. I want to be 100 percent.
“I’m not where I want to be. I’m not able to go out there and (expletive) do spectacular plays every single time or stuff like that.”
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