Thumb's up: Rodgers injury doesn't worry Pack

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  • Rob DemovskyESPN Staff Writer

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The deed that Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers took connected the last play of Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the New York Giants successful London kept him retired of signifier connected Wednesday but should not impact his presumption for Sunday's crippled against the New York Jets.

Giants linebacker Oshane Ximines sacked Rodgers connected a Hail Mary attempt. He deed Rodgers' throwing limb and forced a fumble. Rodgers could beryllium seen flexing his close manus arsenic helium walked disconnected the field.

Rodgers said Tuesday connected the Pat McAfee Show that his thumb was sore.

"He's not going to signifier today," Packers manager Matt LaFleur said earlier Sunday's practice. "But I don't deliberation we person overmuch interest arsenic acold arsenic gameday."

Jordan Love was expected to grip the starting backmost snaps successful practice.

Rodgers is 3-0 successful his vocation against the Jets but is disconnected to a dilatory start. His QBR of 44.6 is the lowest done the archetypal 5 games of a play successful his career.

The Packers are looking to debar their archetypal 3-3 commencement since 2012 successful a crippled that pits LaFleur against his brother, Mike, the Jets violative coordinator and 1 his champion friends successful Jets manager Robert Saleh.

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