Packers' Jordan Love possibly suffered MCL injury, likely avoided ACL damage, more testing ahead: report

Jordan Love appears to have avoided a serious injury to atleast one of his knee's major ligaments during the Green Bay Packers defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night in Brazil.

Earlier today, the NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported that Love's ACL remained "intact."

While the Packers quarterback still has to undergo further testing, EPSN reported that it is believed that Love's MCL did suffer some damage. Although Love will likely be sidelined for an extended period, the injury is not expected to force him to miss the remainder of the season. 

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Love was helped off the field with an apparent injury to some portion of his left leg in the closing seconds of the Packers’ 34-29 loss to the Eagles. The Packers didn’t have any immediate word on the severity of Love’s apparent injury.

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur replied, "I don’t know" twice when asked about Love’s status shortly after the game.

Malik Willis, a 2022 third-round draft pick out of Liberty, is currently the only other quarterback on Green Bay's 53-man roster and would likely have to step in for Love. Willis just joined the Packers less than two weeks ago when they acquired him from the Tennessee Titans for a 2025 seventh-round pick.

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Willis has made three career starts during his rookie year.

Love, 25, was playing his first regular-season game since signing a four-year, $220 million contract extension this summer. The Packers entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations largely because of the emergence of Love, who led the NFL's youngest team to a surprising playoff berth last season as a first-year starter.

Aside from Willis, 2023 fifth-round pick Sean Clifford could be an option for the Packers. The Packers released Clifford and rookie quarterback Michael Pratt after acquiring Willis. Clifford later returned to Green Bay as a member of the practice squad.

LaFleur admitted that the Packers played a "sloppy game" and will need to make some corrections before their next game.

"There’s a lot to clean up," LaFleur said. "It was definitely a sloppy game, I think, from us. There were some uncharacteristic things that we did as a staff, quite frankly, and that trickled down to our players. So, ultimately, we’ve all got to look ourselves hard in the mirror and find ways to get better because tonight obviously wasn’t good enough."

The Packers host the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 15 to open their regular season home schedule.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Ingredient found in Doritos turns mouse's skin transparent, may have medical applications

Scientists at Stanford University were recently able to make a mouse's skin transparent using a common food dye, something the study's author told Fox News Digital could have exciting benefits to humans once additional research is conducted. 

The paper, titled "Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules," was published in the journal "Science" on September 5. 

In it, the researchers used a solution of red tartrazine, a food dye known as FD&C Yellow 5, onto the abdomen, scalp, and hindlimb of a sedated mouse, said a release from Stanford University.

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 The dye turned the mouse's skin red, which then made the skin appear transparent – and the mouse's organs were visible to the naked eye, said the release. 

"The researchers believe this is the first non-invasive approach to achieving visibility of a mouse’s living internal organs," said the release. 

The effects were not permanent, said Stanford – the mouse's skin returned to normal once the dye was washed off. 

The results of the study surprised even the researchers.

"The most surprising part of this study is that we usually expect dye molecules to make things less transparent. For example, if you mix blue pen ink in water, the more ink you add, the less light can pass through the water," said Dr. Guosong Hong, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford and senior author on the paper, in an email to Fox News Digital. 

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Yet, when tartrazine was dissolved in skin or muscle – normally opaque materials – "the clearer the material becomes – but only in the red part of the light spectrum," he said. 

"This goes against what we typically expect with dyes," Hong added. 

While this study has only been done on animals, the ability to make skin temporarily transparent "could offer a variety of benefits in biology, diagnostics, and even cosmetics," Hong told Fox News Digital. 

He continued, "for example, instead of relying on invasive biopsies, doctors might be able to diagnose deep-seated tumors by simply examining a person’s tissue without the need for invasive surgical removal." 

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"This technique could potentially make blood draws less painful by helping phlebotomists easily locate veins under the skin. It could also enhance procedures like laser tattoo removal by allowing more precise targeting of the pigment beneath the skin," he said. 

FD&C Yellow 5 is found in many foods, including soda, candy, chips, and pastries – including Doritos, says the product's website. 

Yet, a person should not go rubbing dyes on themselves just yet, said Hong.

"We strongly discourage attempting this on the human skin, as the toxicology of dye molecules in humans, particularly when applied topically, has not been fully evaluated," he said. 

Human skin, said Hong, is "significantly thicker than mouse skin," and the outer layer of the epidermis is a "substantial barrier that prevents effective delivery of molecules into the dermis." 

But – this may be a reality before too long.

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"A safe method for percutaneous delivery of light-absorbing molecules, following comprehensive evaluation of its potential effects on human skin, may lead to its clinical application in the future," he said. 

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