Packers QB Aaron Rodgers misses practice, not expected to miss Sunday’s game vs. Jets
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers were without Aaron Rodgers at practice Wednesday, as the quarterback rehabbed a thumb injury he suffered during the loss Sunday to the New York Giants.
Rodgers was officially listed as a non-participant on the injury report and said he spent the time rehabbing with Packers assistant athletic trainer Nate Weir. Neither coach Matt LaFleur nor Rodgers were overly concerned with how the thumb might affect Rodgers’ availability for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.
“Thumb’s alright. It was nice to get a day off today, do some rehab,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “I’ll try to get back out there tomorrow at practice tomorrow and see how it feels. Be fine by Sunday, I’m sure.”
It echoed what LaFleur said before the Packers’ first practice of the week.
“I don’t think we have much concern as far as game day,” LaFleur said.
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The thumb can be an interesting digit to rehab, given the seemingly limited tactics available. But Rodgers shared that Packers doctors have found ways to provide relief.
“There’s, you know, a lot of different modalities they got in there,” Rodgers said. “From stem and laser. All these other contraptions they got. The whole gamut today with Nate (Weir) in there. But it was a good hour-and-a-half session. Feeling better.”
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