Packers’ Jordan Love (elbow) is out with injury before Sunday’s game

Packers’ Jordan Love (elbow) is out with injury before Sunday’s game

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A week that began with a limited practice session and elbow soreness ended with Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love completely sidelined ahead of Sunday’s NFC wild-card playoff game at the Philadelphia Eagles had disappeared from the injury report.

Love, who left last week’s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears after landing on his right elbow and experiencing numbness in his throwing hand, participated fully in practice on Thursday and Friday after being limited on Wednesday.

“He did well,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said after practice Friday. “Today was a good day.”

Love’s replacement, Malik Willis, was also fully involved and had no injury status for Sunday. Willis injured the thumb of his throwing hand late in his appearance for Love against the Bears.

Green Bay added a third quarterback to the active roster by signing Sean Clifford from its practice squad on Saturday.

The Packers’ defense could also get a boost with the return of linebacker Quay Walker (ankle) and safety Evan Williams (quadriceps). Both missed the final three games of the regular season but returned to practice this week. Officially they were listed as questionable, but all signs pointed to them playing the Eagles.

“It’s nice to have Quay’s leadership, and the one thing about Evan is that Evan is such a smart football player and it comes so easily to him,” Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said this week. “The communication back there is just a nice calming factor when he gets back. I also think for (safety Xavier McKinney) I’m going to play now. But I’m grateful to the guys who stepped in, they did a good job.

The Packers also named defensive tackle TJ Slaton (ankle), defensive lineman Brenton Cox Jr. (foot) and offensive lineman Andre Dillard (concession) as questionable. The Packers ruled out safety Zayne Anderson (concussion) and receiver Christian Watson (knee). Watson sat out the season due to a torn ACL in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Bears.

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