GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers is into one-word messages this season, and like his R-E-L-A-X comment after the Green Bay Packers’ 1-2 start, the quarterback gave another succinct yet direct answer when asked how his injured left hamstring is feeling.
“Fine,” Rodgers said Tuesday on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show, although this time he did not spell out the word.
Rodgers said he used the bye last week to treat his injury but said he would not have missed a game if the Packers weren’t off.
“I was on a great plan,” Rodgers said. “The medical staff here gave me a seven-day plan to attack the rehab, and I stuck to it. I also added in just a little wrinkle, as well.”
He wouldn’t elaborate on the wrinkle other than to say it “involves needles.”
Rodgers pulled his left hamstring at the end of a scramble in the third quarter of the Packers’ last game, a 44-23 loss at the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 26. He remained in the game until late in the fourth quarter, when coach Mike McCarthy pulled him with the game out of reach.
McCarthy said Rodgers participated in the team’s first post-bye workout Monday, and McCarthy reported that Rodgers “looked good.”
Rodgers said there was never any serious discussion about coming out of the game immediately following the injury. However, McCarthy altered his play calling significantly after Rodgers pulled up lame at the end of a run. He kept Rodgers in the shotgun and didn’t call any designed bootlegs. After the injury, Rodgers managed a 14-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter but looked gimpy doing so.
“It was a glimpse of me at 40, I think,” the 30-year-old Rodgers said.
The Packers return to the practice field Wednesday in preparation for Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field.
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