{"id":383806,"date":"2026-01-02T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383806\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:16:10","slug":"packers-quarterback-jordan-love-wife-expecting-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383806\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers quarterback Jordan Love, wife expecting first child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To kick off the new year, Packers quarterback Jordan Love and his wife, Ronika Stone, announced they are expecting their first child together.<\/p>\n<p>The couple announced the news on Thursday in an Instagram post that showed the two holding up sonogram photos of their unborn child, along with a Packers onesie with Love\u2019s name and No. 10 on the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew year, new addition,\u201d the post\u2019s caption read.<\/p>\n<p>Love and Stone, who is a professional volleyball player, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/sports\/david-bakhtiari-shades-aaron-rodgers-with-jordan-love-wedding-photo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got married in June 2025<\/a>, with the two meeting during the quarterback\u2019s rookie season (2021).<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Love was also cleared from concussion protocol on Thursday, though Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur has opted to start third-string quarterback Clayton Tune for Sunday\u2019s regular season finale against the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>LaFleur added that he has no intentions of playing Love against Minnesota, likely to give the former first-round selection some rest ahead of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s the backup on game day and if something bad happened, then you\u2019ve got not many other options,\u201d LaFleur told reporters when asked about Love\u2019s playing status, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47472533\/jordan-love-clears-protocol-packers-sit-qb-playoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cBut the intent, I would say, is not to play him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38074331\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jordan-love-10-green-bay-115184358.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Love and Ronika Stone posing at Lambeau Field.\" class=\"wp-image-38074331\"  \/>ordan Love #10 of the Green Bay Packers poses with Ronika Stone prior to the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lambeau Field on November 10, 2025 in Green Bay. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Love sustained the concussion during Green Bay\u2019s 22-16 Week 16 loss to the Bears, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/26\/sports\/jordan-love-ruled-out-for-week-17-game-against-ravens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missed their 41-24 defeat to the Ravens<\/a> the following week.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old said that despite feeling symptom-free last week, he was unable to pass the required tests to be cleared then.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.62938882;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38074342\" width=\"371\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-01-210000.png\" alt=\"Jordan Love and wife Ronika Stone.\" class=\"wp-image-38074342\"  \/>Jordan Love and wife Ronika Stone. Instagram\/Ronika Stone<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to take computer tests and things like that, so you might be feeling good where you don\u2019t have any symptoms,\u201d Love said. \u201cBut I think the tests are all there to make sure that your brain\u2019s working fine and you\u2019re able to be thinking clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across 15 games this season, Love has racked up 3,381 passing yards with 23 touchdowns, helping lead Green Bay to its third straight playoff appearance, as the Packers clinched a wild-card spot with the Lions\u2019 Christmas Day loss to Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To kick off the new year, Packers quarterback Jordan Love and his wife, Ronika Stone, announced they are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[2865,1804,1813,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-383806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-celebrity-couples","9":"tag-green-bay-packers","10":"tag-jordan-love","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383806","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=383806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}