GREEN Bay, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers playing on sunday with Chicago bear despite his latest injury, this one in his ribs, and Green Bay Packers The midfielder has no plans to change the rest of the season.
Unless they don’t contest the knockout round.
With a score of 4-8 and on the verge of being eliminated, that could happen sooner or later – at the time Rodgers said he understood that there would almost certainly be a conversation about the state of the player. himself for the rest of the season.
That’s in large part because Jordan love, a third-year backup midfielder who hasn’t played meaningful football in his career. He showed some promise in clearing Rodgers after he left Sunday’s game against the Eagles with a rib injury.
“Look, I would love to finish the season, but I understand this is a business and there are a lot of us who are older players who play quite a bit and they might want to see some young players. than play,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “Hopefully we don’t have to have that conversation. But if that conversation does happen, I’ll approach it with an open mind and without any bitterness or resentment. Obviously. , like I said, I want to win and we don’t’ there’s no need to have those conversations. I understand if we’re not capable of having that conversation.”
Sure, Rodgers never said he would welcome it — he just understood that it was something the team would have to consider.
The only time Rodgers didn’t finish a season when the Packers weren’t in the playoffs was in 2017. He came back from breaking his collarbone in Week 15 against the Panthers but after the Packers lost that game and were knocked out of the qualifiers. Directly with the score of two The remaining matches, Rodgers returned to the bench due to injury. It’s merely procedural and Rodgers will try to keep playing if they’re still in the hunt.
Asked if it was a better course of action to ensure he’s completely healthy next year, Rodgers said: “I mean, it’s an assumption that this place won’t be any different. next year. Again, that’s part of the conversation.”
Rodgers hasn’t said if he plans to play in 2023, but he has a $59.5 million guarantee waiting for him if he does. Rodgers didn’t practice on Wednesday but said he threw a few passes and feels much better than he did when he left the game on Sunday. He said if progress continues, he could train on Thursday or Friday this week.
He wouldn’t say if he had a broken rib or a cartilage injury in his rib cage but hinted that it could be the latter, similar to what the Chargers midfielder did. Justin Herbert had the beginning of this season.
“Possibly, yes,” Rodgers said, referring to Herbert’s injury.
Regardless of the specifics, Rodgers said he’ll likely be wearing some kind of rib protector for the first time in his NFL career.
“Yes, maybe I would, to protect it a little more,” he said. “I haven’t worn a rib pad since college. I’m not sure I want to start now, but I’ll definitely have something to cover it.”
