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Aaron Rodgers plans connected playing vs. Bears (0:38)
Aaron Rodgers breaks down wherefore helium plans connected playing Chicago this weekend. (0:38)
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Rob DemovskyESPN Staff Writer
- Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013
- Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year arsenic selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Life without Aaron Rodgers volition person to wait.
Two days aft the Green Bay Packers backmost near Sunday night's crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles with a rib injury, helium said helium expects to play this week against the Chicago Bears.
"I got bully quality with the scans yesterday," Rodgers said Tuesday connected "The Pat McAfee Show." "So, I program connected playing this week."
Rodgers initially feared helium mightiness person a punctured lung, but that was rapidly ruled out. He had X-rays astatine Lincoln Financial Field to spot whether helium had fractured ribs but indicated that they were inconclusive, and helium would acquisition further tests backmost successful Green Bay connected Monday.
He did not accidental what Monday's tests showed. Earlier this season, Rodgers kept concealed for weeks that his close thumb wounded was a breached thumb.
On Monday, manager Matt LaFleur said that Rodgers would play this week if helium were steadfast alternatively than going to Jordan Love, who was productive successful alleviation against the Eagles.
Before departing with his wounded connected Sunday, Rodgers completed 11 of 16 passes for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interceptions during the Packers' 40-33 nonaccomplishment to the Eagles. Love replaced him successful the crippled and successful 2 drives went 6-of-9 for 113 yards and a touchdown, with the Packers totaling 10 points portion helium was astatine the helm.
Still, the Packers mislaid for the seventh clip successful their past 8 games and fell to 4-8 with 5 games to go, prompting speech that the Packers mightiness determination connected to Love for the remainder of this season.
"We're not eliminated," Rodgers said connected Tuesday's show. "We got a accidental to tally the past 5 and spot wherever we basal aft that. That's the absorption for me. I mightiness miss signifier connected Wednesday, mightiness not beryllium a afloat contributor, but that's benignant of been modular for the past six, 7 weeks [and then] spell to 1 of my favourite places to play down successful Chicago and hopefully get a large win, get into the bye week and get steadfast and let's spot wherever we tin get to."
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