The Green Bay Packers‘ worst nightmare came partially true on Saturday, as quarterback Jordan Love got injured during the first pre-season game against the New York Jets.
Thankfully the injury was limited to just his thumb and the UCL ligament. Whilst Love managed to practice on Monday, he subsequently had surgery on Tuesday.
“Surgery” at any point during training camp is about the worst word you can hear outside of “torn” alongside “ACL”. But due to the small nature of the ligament, and it not impacting a vast amount of his play, it has been considered to not affect his ready-to-go status for week one at the beginning of September.
And now, per head coach Matt LaFleur, the sixth year quarterback should be back at practice in some form by next week.
Jordan Love To Return To Practice Next Week
“The surgery went well, and he’s in great spirits.”
Packers HC Matt LaFleur spoke ahead of Thursday’s joint practice with the Colts on Jordan Love’s left thumb surgery.
Love is with the team in Indiana and is expected to speak to media after practice. pic.twitter.com/U4IGLihe5z
â Ashley Washburn (@ashleyjwashburn) August 14, 2025
“The surgery went well, and he’s in great spirits.” LaFleur said on Thursday prior to the joint practice, “He’s here with us so now its just about putting in the work to get the thumb rehabbed.”
When asked about when he would be able to start throwing again, LaFleur added, “I wouldn’t say right away, but we anticipate there will be some sort of participation next week.”
This does not inherently mean that the Packers’ signal caller will immediately be thrown into the depths of joint practice, but it could be that Love gets back into some basic throwing drills at some point over the next seven days.
How Does Jordan Love Feel About His Thumb Injury?
Jordan Love had a similar reaction to LaFleur, and did not seem to have any major worries about his thumb, nor about any possible future time missed – per The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.
Jordan Love refers to the time heâll miss as âa couple daysâ and says heâll start practicing again next week. pic.twitter.com/GZ9YlCYTwD
â Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) August 14, 2025
“We’ll start integrating back in next week,” Love said on Thursday, “and just playing it by ear – seeing how it feels once I get going and moving it around, things like that. Just playing it by ear but next week we should start.”
Indeed, also per Schneidman, Love noted that had it not been for it being before the start of the season, he would likely have not even gotten the surgery on his thumb.
Jordan Love says he probably wouldnât have gotten surgery if this was the regular season. Chose to now because he has time to recover and be âfully ready for Week 1.â pic.twitter.com/FQGwSG01nf
â Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) August 14, 2025
“If this [the injury] is in the middle of the season, it probably would have been something we didn’t do,” Love explained to the media.
In a way, it is good that it did happen prior to the season, so that Love can start the year with a full bill of health and attempt to lead the Packers to an NFC North division title for the first time since 2021.
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