{"id":373573,"date":"2025-12-28T06:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/373573\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:38:35","slug":"jordan-love-ruled-out-packers-will-start-malik-willis-saturday-vs-the-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/373573\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Love ruled out, Packers will start Malik Willis Saturday vs. the Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Malik Willis of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass against the Chicago Bears during the third quarter at Soldier Field on Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago, Ill.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252911017.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Malik Willis replaced Jordan Love in Week 16 and completed nine passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. Patrick McDermott \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love has been ruled out of Saturday\u2019s game against the Baltimore Ravens with a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>Backup quarterback Malik Willis will start Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Love suffered a concussion in the second quarter of the Packers\u2019 Week 16 loss to the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Bears defensive end Austin Booker was flagged for the helmet-to-helmet hit on Love midway through the second quarter. Love left the game and did not return.<\/p>\n<p>Willis replaced Love and completed 9 of 11 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 44 yards. It was Willis\u2019 third appearance this season. He\u2019s completed 85.7 percent of his passes this year.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jordan Love has been downgraded to OUT for Saturday&#8217;s game<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/packers\/status\/2004658719834210820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Packers are still in the hunt for the NFC North division title but already clinched a playoff spot thanks to the Minnesota Vikings 23-10 Christmas Day win against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay still needs a win Saturday against Baltimore to keep its shot at the division title afloat. The Bears, who play the San Francisco 49ers at 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday, would clinch the NFC North with a Packers loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears can clinch the division with a win Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens also need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. A loss would eliminate them from contention, as the Pittsburgh Steelers would clinch the AFC North. The Ravens are far down the pecking order for a wild card spot.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Malik Willis replaced Jordan Love in Week 16 and completed nine passes for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[8849,399,1804,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-373573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}