GREEN BAY — Shortly before Thursday’s joint practice between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks kicked off at Ray Nitschke Field on Thursday, Packers coach Matt LaFleur tracked down quarterback Jordan Love and set the parameters for his participation.

With Love still recovering from Aug. 12 surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb on his left (non-throwing hand) and still wearing a protective brace essentially non-stop, LaFleur wanted to make sure his competitive QB understood that he didn’t have to push it — even with severe restrictions having already been placed on him.

So while LaFleur appreciated Seahawks coach Mike McDonald allowing him to add a 7-on-7 period into the practice schedule to allow Love to get some work without being in harm’s way against oncoming pass rushers, LaFleur also would have been fine if Love pulled the plug a little early, just to be safe.

“What I told him is, ‘There are 12 reps scripted. Take as many as you can. And if you need a break, we’ll get somebody else in there,’” LaFleur recounted of his conversation with Love.

Love being Love, he insisted on running all 12 plays in 7-on-7, with the session exclusively red-zone plays.

The problem wasn’t his participation. It was the production.

Love wound up completing just 3 of 12 passes for only two touchdowns — one of which went to tight end Tucker Kraft when the defender fell down.

Nevertheless, Love felt the work was valuable, even if the results weren’t what he wanted.

“Obviously not being in team and no-contact type things [isn’t ideal], but I think 7-on-7 has been great,” Love said. “Just being able to get myself back out on the field and throwing the ball and obviously continuing to build the timing and precision with the receivers and the tight ends and everybody, and then obviously going out there and reading the defense [is valuable].”

Asked how he assessed the actual production of the period, Love replied, “I think there’s some stuff that we’ll watch [on film] and definitely clean up. [In] red-zone 7-on-7, windows are a little bit tighter, everything happens quicker down there.

“Obviously there were a couple plays that we left out there and we wish we could’ve gotten back, but it’s good stuff to go back and look at.”

Most importantly, Love got through those 12 snaps unscathed, and while he did meander over to the fights that erupted when the Packers offense was going against the Seahawks defense, he never put himself in harm’s way.

“I was making sure I stayed clear for sure,” Love said. “I was kind of just roaming around, making sure everybody is straight, and just seeing what’s going on.

But definitely, especially with the injury, I’m not going to be getting into any scuffles right now. So I’m going to stay away.”

As for his readiness for the Packers’ Sept. 7 regular-season opener against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field, Love didn’t express any concern about his timetable and said the thumb wasn’t causing him any pain. He’s slated to get the stitches removed from the incision on Saturday.

“It’s one of those things we’re going to be taking week-by-week, day-by-day,” Love said. “So there’s no real timetable.”

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