A little injury-report confusion turned into a joke online, and Ian Rapoport was quick to lean into it.
A social media post about Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love sparked panic among some fans who thought they were reading about Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love instead. The mix-up made sense at a glance: the Cardinals’ Love was listed as injured, according to his head coach Mike LaFleur, and the Packers are coached by Matt LaFleur.
Rapoport cracked the joke on X, formerly Twitter, writing, “How about: “M. LaFleur says J.
Love will miss a week with a sore ankle?” Better?”
Jeremiyah Love is a rookie, while Jordan Love is now a veteran leading a Packers team trying to build toward the NFL Playoffs in 2026.
On the field, Green Bay’s preseason opener did not go smoothly. The Packers lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers and managed only nine points, while Pittsburgh’s quarterbacks were able to throw the ball “wherever they wanted.”
Matt LaFleur said the team will need to sort through the issues after the game. “We've got to go back and look at it,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said, per the team.
“In fairness to our guys, there's not a ton of game planning. You're playing pretty base calls when you go out there.
We'll see where the breakdowns were and see what concepts were run against us.”
Jordan Love said the reps still matter, even in the preseason.
“It's always good to just be in the game, be in that game environment. I believe as a quarterback there's so much stuff you gain just from being out there, going against a new team, some new looks,” Jordan Love said.
Green Bay’s next preseason game comes August 21 against the Denver Broncos. The Packers reached the NFL Playoffs in 2025, where they lost to the Chicago Bears.
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