When Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers left the Superdome Sunday night following a 44-23 loss to the New Orleans Saints, he wasn’t sure whether his hamstring injury was severe enough that he would have to cancel his bye week plans and report to Lambeau Field for daily treatments.
“We’ll see,” Rodgers said at the time.
Apparently, it’s not.
Coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that he does not expect Rodgers to have any lingering issues by the time the Packers return to action on Nov. 9 against the Chicago Bears.
“So far, so good I would say is how we’re looking at it,” McCarthy said.
Rodgers did not come out of the game following the injury in the third quarter, but his mobility was limited. McCarthy put Rodgers in the shotgun almost exclusively to lessen the amount of movement his quarterback had to make. Rodgers finally came out of the game, not because of injury, but because of the nature of the blowout loss.
Still, he threw for 418 yards, the second-highest total of his career.
“Our medical policy [for remaining in Green Bay during the bye] is really based off of evaluation, finishing the game,” McCarthy said. “So they’re very confident where Aaron is today.”
The Packers (5-3) have several key players nursing injuries heading into the bye. Before Rodgers’ injury on Sunday, they lost right guard T.J. Lang to a sprained ankle after the first drive. They also were missing three starters on defense – safety Morgan Burnett (calf), cornerback Sam Shields (knee) and defensive end Datone Jones (ankle).
“This is a great time for a bye for Aaron and T.J. and Morgan and Sam,” McCarthy said. “So it will be good for us to get healthy.”
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