Aaron Rodgers injury update Packers QB leaves Sunday Night Football with rib ailment
The Packers' playoff hopes appeared to be on the brink of elimination Sunday night against the Eagles. The sight of an injured Aaron Rodgers does little to bolster confidence in Green Bay reaching the playoffs.Rodgers left the "Sunday Night Football" contest in Philadelphia in the third quarter with a rib injury.Jordan Love replaced him in the fourth quarter and immediately threw a 63-yard touchdown pa s to rookie receiver Christian Watson.Prior to his injury, Rodgers completed 11 of 16 pa ses for 140 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. His nine interceptions in 12 games are the most he has thrown in a season since 2010, when Lucas Duda Jersey he had 11. Rodgers was sacked three times in the game, making it 24 for the season.The injury continued a down year for Rodgers and the Packers, who were the No. 1 seed in the NFC a season ago. They entered Sunday's game at 4-7 and,, had just a 7 percent chance of making Bo Jackson Jersey the playoffs. A lo s would drop them to 3 percent.MORE: Here's the latest on Rodgers' injury.Rodgers was sacked for a 5-yard lo s with 13:26 left to play in the third quarter; on the play, Philadelphia's Ha san Reddick hit Rodgers on his injured thumb and put his helmet into Rodgers' chest.Rodgers was examined by trainers after the play.During Green Bay's next drive, NBC cameras kept showing Rodgers grimacing each time he threw the ball. He attempted four pa ses on the drive and pitched the ball once.After the game, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he didn't want to speculate on whether Rodgers would mi s time, including stopping short of saying whether he would be unavailable for the team's Week 13 matchup against the Bears."We've got to have more conversation before we even get into that," LaFleur said of shutting down Rodgers for the year. "As long as he's able to go, I expect him to be out there."Rodgers said he first felt the injury in the first half and that it was re-aggravated in the third quarter. He said he had a hard time breathing and rotating his body, and had concern over Mike Moustakas Jersey a punctured lung and wanted to get checked out by the medical team.Rodgers said he didn't believe his injury would end his season, and noted that as long as the Packers have a chance to make the playoffs, he'll keep playing. He wouldn't rule out playing next Sunday, noting that if he checks out fine in a medical George Brett Jersey evaluation on Monday, he would expect to play."As long as we're mathematically alive, I'd like to be out there," Rodgers said.According to Matt LaFleur, Rodgers seems to be on the right track.I know hes feeling better today. I think well know more in the next couple days," The rib injury is the Rodgers' latest ailment this season. , Rodgers suffered an avulsion fracture of his throwing thumb in the team's 27-22 lo s to the Giants on Oct. 9. The report said the injury is both a fracture and a torn ligament and that surgery is Joakim Soria Jersey almost always required.MORE: Rodgers reportedly is not considering surgery at this time, but he has been listed on the injury report each week with the injury.If Rodgers is forced to mi s any time, there is a clear replacement for him in Love.The team's 2020 first-round draft pick has made one start in his NFL career. It came against the Chiefs in Week 9 of the 2021 season, after Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19. Love completed 19 of 34 pa ses for 190 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 13-7 lo s.The Packers' only other quarterback is practice squad member Danny Etling, who has not appeared in an NFL game.
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