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Jordan Love may be healthier on Thursday than he was on Sunday.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut odds are, the Green Bay Packers' QB will still be in pain, and there's one way to tell really simply.
If Love is handing the ball off to the running back with his right hand at all times, including backhanded handoffs, then his left shoulder injury is still bothering him.
He's had that on the injury report the last two weeks, and it hasn't lessened Love's practice status to anything less than full, or given him an injury designation. But it seems to be more than nothing.
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Is Jordan Love injured?
Yes and no.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLove has a left shoulder injury listed on the injury report, but he's been a full participant in practice each of the past two weeks.
But he clearly isn't 100%, because he wouldn't have done backhanded handoffs all Week 12 against the Vikings if he was.
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There isn't a ton of downside to such handoffs, although it can create occasionally timing mishaps, and it can also make doing play-action to that side a bit trickier.
There has to be at least a little concern about Love getting hit in that left shoulder, though, and wondering about whether it's an injury that could be made worse by a hard hit or hard fall.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Packers will just hope they don't have to deal with anything like that.
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