GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jordan Love was neither spectacular nor an abject failure in his first professional quarterbacking game experience. No, the Green Bay Packers' heir apparent was exactly what he has been through the offseason and training camp: uneven.
In his first game action of any kind in 567 days, Love expertly crafted one touchdown drive sandwiched between six other drives that produced one first down in Saturday's preseason-opening loss to the Houston Texans at Lambeau Field.
Coach Matt LaFleur cut short Love's night after the first half. He had planned to let his quarterback play into the third quarter but changed his mind after Love was "dinged" -- the word both LaFleur and Love used -- around his right arm and shoulder on his sack-fumble late in the second quarter.