Packers QB Jordan Love ‘pushing it’ with Vikings up next

Packers quarterback Jordan Love insists the all-gas approach he’s taking to playing this Sunday would be much the same even if the 3-0 Minnesota Vikings weren’t on their way to town.Love said Wednesday after practice the Packers’ opponent adds no fuel to his fire to return for Week 4 from a knee injury he suffered in Week 1. Green Bay welcomes the undefeated Vikings to Lambeau Field with first place in the NFC North on the line Sunday.”I’m trying to push it and I’ve been trying to get back as fast as I can no matter who the opponent was,” Love said.Love said he felt like he was “close” to being ready last week at Tennessee. Instead, Malik Willis navigated the Packers to a second consecutive win.Close won’t be good enough to get the green light from head coach Matt LaFleur this week. The Vikings have a league-leading 16 sacks and allowed only 30 total points in the first three games this season.”They give you a lot of different looks, and much like we talk about the illusion of complexity where we like to give looks that are difficult on the defense, but simple for us, I feel like that’s what they do,” LaFleur said. “They have a system in place that makes it easy for their players, or easier for their players to go out there and execute. But it makes it extremely difficult on the offenses they are going against.”

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