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Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed is playing through a Jones fracture in his left foot. He might have a bigger problem now.

Reed caught what would have been a 39-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love if not for a holding penalty on right tackle Anthony Belton. He landed hard on his right shoulder on the tackle by Commanders defensive back Quan Martin, whose weight was fully on Reed as Reed landed on the turf.

Reed remained down on the field in obvious pain.

He walked off on his own, holding his right arm, and then went down again once on the sideline. After a brief visit to the sideline medical tent, Reed headed to the training room with a towel over his head.

Reed is questionable to return, the Packers report.

The Packers made a move in their offensive line for the second series, replacing Belton with Darian Kinnard at right tackle. Starter Zach Tom is inactive with an oblique injury.

Starting wide receiver Christian Kirk and primary return specialist Braxton Berrios remained out of practice Thursday. Both are rehabbing a hamstring injury, and Kirk and Berrios both missed the Texans' season-opening loss to the Rams.

Rookie Jayden Higgins started in Kirk's spot and played 27 snaps, and fellow rookie Jaylin Noel saw 17 snaps. Xavier Hutchinson played 43 of 63 snaps.

Center Jake Andrews (high ankle) also did not practice and is not expected to play this week. He left Sunday's game after 45 snaps and Jarrett Patterson replaced him.

Offensive guard Ed Ingram (abdomen) popped up on the injury report Sept. 4. He did not play Sunday and continued his limited participation in practice Thursday, his third consecutive practice without full participation.

Backup right tackle Blake Fisher (ankle) participated fully.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

More accurately for the NFL, what happens in Vegas returns to Vegas.

Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal reports that the NFL has begun talking to Sin City about a second stint as the Super Bowl host, only five years after America's former gambling capital (before gambling infiltrated everyone's phone) staged the game for the first time ever.

For the Roman numerologists in the crowd, that would be Super Bowl LXIII. It's the next Super Bowl to be awarded, with the next three in Santa Clara, Inglewood, and Atlanta.

It's possible a deal won't get done. As Fischer notes, the NFL shifted seven years ago from an open competition for each Super Bowl to a targeted approach. Basically, the league presents its terms to one city. If the city accepts, it gets the game. If the city doesn't, the NFL moves on to the next candidate.

Given the current struggles to get people to travel to what used to be the Mecca of gambling before anyone with a cell phone device could piss away their savings as slowly, or quickly, as they choose, it's hard to imagine Las Vegas not saying to the NFL, "Thank you, sir, may I have another" in response to whatever The Shield commands.