NFL analyst labels injury-tweaking hit on Packers QB Jordan Love to be “low-key dirty”

Jordan Love's Green Bay Packers won their matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but many would call it a pyrrhic victory. In other words, they won the game, but was the cost worth it? Love left the game in the third quarter and did not return due to a groin injury.

Speaking on Monday's edition of "Pro Football Talk," NFL analyst Mike Florio described the hit by Jaguars' Travon Walker.

"In the third quarter, he gets banged around after making a throw and it kind of looked a little like low-key dirty, like he's going backward, and Travon Walker gives him a little shove," Florio said. "And that's what sent him out of the game. They announced it as a groin injury." [00:10:12]

After seeing the hit live, some believed it could have been a back injury, but the team called it a groin injury. After taking the hit, Love walked around for a few moments, put his hands on his knees, and walked toward the Packers sideline before collapsing on the grass.

Jordan Love's latest injury inches Packers' 30-year franchise QB streak toward danger

Jordan Love at Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville Jaguars - Source: Imagn

Packers fans spent years wondering about the quarterback they had sitting behind Aaron Rodgers. After successfully transitioning from one Hall of Fame talent to another and skipping the quarterback carousel era most teams go through, many breathed a sigh of relief after Love's first starting season.

However, since then, Jordan Love has had trouble remaining healthy. He failed to finish the team's season opener and missed the next two games due to a sprained MCL. In Week 8, Love has missed time again due to injury.

It is unclear how long the quarterback will be out, but the theme of health troubles is often a fast track to a team moving on from a player long before their retirement. If the Packers decide to flip that switch, it would be the first time the team had quickly given up on their quarterback since they traded for Brett Favre in 1992.

Of course, with a playoff win, a more than 2:1 career touchdown-interception ratio, and a brand-new breakout $220 million deal (per Spotrac), the Packers will likely need more than a few injuries to give up on their quarterback. That said, the tide might be turning against Love's resume for the moment. Could this be the first red flag of Jordan Love's eventual downfall with the Green Bay Packers?

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