While 2011 NFL Most Valuable Player and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he felt better on Tuesday than he ever had since suffering a fractured collarbone, the signal caller doesn't know when he'll be able to return under center but noted that he still has hope to be back sometime soon.
Rodgers said on ESPN radio that he's doing everything he can to return after he fractured his left collarbone in a Week 9 loss to the Chicago Bears by a 27-20 margin. Rodgers said via ESPN that Tuesday was the best that he's felt since sustaining the injury and that he was giving the collarbone time to heal before jumping back into the action.
"I haven't given up hope on playing any week. It depends on how I heal," Rodgers said on ESPN radio. "Obviously this week is probably not going to happen. Not going to happen."
With Rodgers out, Seneca Wallace took the reins to the offense in Week 10, but he only lasted one series due to an injured groin after going 5-for-5 for 25 yards. Wallace was replaced by Scott Tolzien, who went 24-for-39 in relief with one touchdown and two interceptions. Tolzien played well enough that McCarthy named him the Week 11 starter despite the fact that the team dropped the last week's game to the Philadelphia Eagles 27-13.
With Rodgers and Wallace sidelined, Packers general manager Ted Thompson brought back Matt Flynn, who was Green Bay's seventh-round pick in 2008 and spent four years with the team, to back up Tolzien for Sunday's game at MetLife Stadium. Flynn was released by both the Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills so far this year.
Rodgers is 168-for-251 (66.9%) for 2,218 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions.
Rodgers is still at least a week or two away from returning in a best-case scenario, but with the Packers most valuable athlete sidelined, it begs the question of what state Green Bay will be in by the time Rodgers returns under center.
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