As of Wednesday morning, it was unclear whether or not Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will play when the Steelers face the 7-3 Chicago Bears at Soldier Area this Sunday. The soon-to-be 42-year-old suffered a small fracture in his left (non-throwing) wrist throughout Pittsburgh’s 34-12 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 16.
Per ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano, the Steelers appear prepared to attend till later within the week to make a last name on Rodgers’ standing.
When Steelers might verify Aaron Rodgers choice for Bears sport
“As coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday,” Graziano defined, “the plan is to determine whether or not they can brace and/or pad Rodgers’ non-throwing hand to some extent the place he can take the snap from heart, hand off together with his left hand, shield himself when he falls, and many others. This would possibly go proper up till Friday or Saturday with Rodgers pushing to play and the crew having to determine if it is higher off with a probably compromised Rodgers or a totally wholesome Mason Rudolph.”
Rudolph changed Rodgers towards the Bengals and accomplished 12-of-16 passes for 127 yards and a landing to assist the first-place Steelers attain 6-4. As Sports activities Illustrated’s Brigid Kennedy famous, nonetheless, NFL insider Ian Rapoport stated throughout Wednesday’s version of the “Good Morning Soccer” program that Rodgers “might observe later within the week and is pushing to play towards his Bears.”
The “his Bears” remark refers to Rodgers’ “ownage” of the NFC North crew. In regular-season play, Rodgers has gone 24-5 and handed for 64 touchdowns with 10 interceptions when going through them.
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