Today at 1:00 p.m. ET the Atlanta Falcons (3-9) will try to salvage respectability in a lost season, while the Green Bay Packers (5-6) fight to remain in the playoff picture without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Watch the game on Fox, or live stream it here. Falcons fans can listen to the action on 790 The Zone, while Packers fans can hear the pivotal game on WTMJ-AM 620.
Green Bay is winless in five games since Rodgers broke his collarbone on Monday Night Football, and will need Matt Flynn to far outpace his average 2013 production to keep the Packers' playoff hopes alive.
Rodgers is believed to have a slim chance to get on the field, though, as he told reporters this week.
"It's a medical decision. There were three parts to it: the strength, the range of motion and the evidence that we see on the scan. Two out of three are passed so far," Rodgers said. "I can't control the healing of my bone. That's frustrating. But I've been preparing as if I was going to play every week and trying to help Matt (Flynn) and Scott (Tolzien) out as much as I possibly can."
Whether he straps on the helmet or not, Rogers is still talking like a leader.
"We're still in it. We need Detroit to lose two out of four, but the biggest part of that is us winning out," Rodgers said. "We've got to control what we can control. That starts this weekend. We have to get a W."
While the Pack tries to get in the playoffs, the Falcons are looking to play spoiler. That begins with stuffing Green Bay running back Eddie Lacy, said Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.
"(Stopping Lacy) is big. You want to get a lot of people to him early," Weatherspoon said. "With Aaron, he gets the ball out quick and knows where he wants to go with it. He knows how to make defenders move a certain way. He has one of the strongest arms in the NFL so that poses a challenge."
Falcons Injury Report:
|
C |
Ankle |
Full Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
|
S |
Hand |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Questionable |
|
TE |
Toe |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Questionable |
|
|
LB |
Knee |
Full Participation in Practice |
Probable |
Packers Injury Report:
|
TE |
Concussion |
Full Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
|
QB |
Collarbone |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Out |
|
LB |
Foot |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
T |
Illness |
Full Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
DT |
Knee |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
DE |
Abdomen |
Limited Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
LB |
Quadricep |
Full Participation in Practice |
Probable |
|
|
DE |
Ankle |
Did Not Participate In Practice |
Out |
|
|
C |
Knee |
Did Not Participate In Practice |
Questionable |
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