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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers confident injured toe won’t keep him from playing

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers will continue playing through the pain of his lingering toe injury.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is confident his injured toe – which took a step back and was painful during Sunday’s night win over the Chicago Bears – won’t be a problem and won’t keep him from playing in games moving forward.

Rodgers told “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday that the issue is still just pain management and he will continue playing through the injury.

“The toe was definitely hurting after the game Sunday,” Rodgers said. “It is what it is. It’s not going to be a problem, I don’t think. It’s not going to stop me from playing. It’s just pain management. I’m going to keep playing and not practice a whole lot unless there’s significant improvement.”

Rodgers, who injured the toe during quarantine in early November, practiced for the first time in weeks last Friday but was still dealing with pain during the Packers’ 45-30 win over the Bears. The bye week provided improvement but the setback during the game likely means the injury will linger throughout the rest of the season.

Rodgers has remained steadfast about not missing games despite the pain.

Rodgers has hardly been affected by the injury on the field. During his last three games, he’s thrown 10 touchdown passes and zero interceptions, including four in the win over the Bears.

Green Bay plays the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Given Rodgers’ comments, he’ll be unlikely to practice this week.

Rodgers has the Packers at 10-3 and in possession of the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Another bye week could be available for Rodgers and his toe if the Packers are able to hold off the other contenders in the NFC for the top spot.

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Aaron Rodgers: Toe injury is ‘very, very painful,’ worse than turf toe

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said his toe injury is “very, very painful” and apparently worse than turf toe, although he declined to identify the exact injury.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes on Sunday in Minnesota while dealing with an increasingly painful toe injury.

Rodgers declined to name the exact injury. He said he doesn’t have turf toe but confirmed the injury is “a little worse than turf toe.”

“I’m just going to have to get through the bye and hope I can get some healing over the bye week,” Rodgers said after the Packers’ 34-31 loss to the Vikings.

Rodgers returned from the COVID-19 reserve list last Saturday with the injury. The bye week for the Packers doesn’t arrive until Week 13, meaning he’ll have to prepare and play one more game before the team’s much-needed time off.

On Sunday, Rodgers went back into the locker room early before the half to get the toe looked at after he got stepped on.

“It’s very, very painful,” Rodgers said. “I got stepped on in the first half and that kind of activated all the symptoms I was having. It’s going to be another painful week next week and then hopefully start to feel better during the bye.”

The Packers play the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday at Lambeau Field before the bye week.

Rodgers believes he’ll be on the same practice schedule next week as this past week, suggesting he’ll miss of the on-field reps, especially on Wednesday and Thursday. He got nothing more than a limited practice in on Friday.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Sunday morning that the toe injury is something Rodgers will likely have to deal with for the rest of the 2021 season.

Rodgers completed 23 passes for 385 yards and four touchdowns against the Vikings on Sunday. He averaged 11.7 yards per attempt and had a passer rating of 148.4, a season-high.

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Toe injury for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers likely to linger for rest of season

The toe injury for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is expected to linger for the rest of the 2021 season, per NFL Network.

The toe injury for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers might not require missing games, but the issue is likely to linger for the rest of the season. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Rodgers’ toe is a “concerning injury” that he will “likely have to deal with” for the rest of the year.

Rodgers suffered the injury at some point either during the Packers’ win over the Arizona Cardinals or during his 10-day quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19.

After being activated from the COVID-19 reserve list last Saturday, Rodgers was immediately placed on the injury report with the toe injury, although he started and played the entire game Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. He finished the 17-0 win with his second-lowest passer rating (75.5) of the season but did successfully scramble outside the pocket several times. This week, he didn’t practice on Wednesday and Thursday and was limited on Friday, highlighting the potential significance of the toe injury.

The Packers did not give an injury designation for Rodgers on the final injury report on Friday, and coach Matt LaFleur was certain Rodgers would play Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.

The worry with a lingering injury would be the loss of practice time, which could impact the timing and efficiency of the Packers offense. Last week, the Packers had only three points deep into the second half.

Playing on turf against the Vikings on Sunday should be a good test of the toe injury. The Packers return home to play the Los Angeles Rams next week.

The bye week for the Packers is in two weeks. It’s clear Rodgers and several others need the break to heal up before the final stretch of the season.

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Seahawks rookie WR D’Wayne Eskridge now running without problems

Seattle Seahawks rookie wide receiver D’Wayne Eskridge is now running without problems but still remains on the PUP list with a toe injury.

Seattle Seahawks rookie wide receiver D’Wayne Eskridge has yet to practice this summer after starting training camp on the team’s physically unable to perform list with a toe injury.

Coach Pete Carroll has been monitoring the situation carefully and providing regular updates on the rookie’s progress.

“He had a really good day again,” Carroll told reporters on Tuesday. “This was the fifth day in a row of him running and conditioning without any problems. That’s a really good sign.”

Eskridge injured his toe earlier in the year during the Seahawks OTAs and hasn’t been able to return to the field since. Carroll sees no reason to rush the first-year player just yet.

“We’re trying to make sure – because he has not been able to run in a conditioning manner over the offseason like we would like – we’re trying to make sure he’s in good shape so once he’s back out here he can sustain,” Carroll explained. “It’s all very positive and he’s going in the right direction.”

Luckily for Seattle, the Seahawks are fairly deep at the receiver position heading into the first preseason game this Saturday in Las Vegas.

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Latest injury update on Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes after minicamp

Mahomes is continuing to rehab from his toe injury and is aiming to have no limitations by training camp.

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Kansas City Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes was back in action at OTAs and minicamp following offseason surgery to repair a turf toe injury.

For the most part, Mahomes did everything during the course of OTAs and mandatory minicamp without any sort of restriction. The caveat is that these practices aren’t quite as intensive, with less running and scrambling and more throwing. Still, the progress Mahomes has made a good sign for his availability and readiness as the Chiefs turn their attention to fully-padded practices at training camp next month.

“We were cautious with him, and he’ll do anything, so it was just a matter that we tried to be as smart as we possibly could with it,” Chiefs HC Andy Reid told reporters on Thursday. “And his communication was great. He kept it open with us and we checked with him to make sure and see how he was doing during practices. Not just the first day, but you want to check on the third day too to see how he’s doing. He made it through. I think this was good for him. Then, we’ll just see how he feels once we get up to camp, but he sure got a lot of work done here and he came out feeling pretty good.”

As Reid said, Mahomes came out on the other side of OTAs and mandatory minicamp feeling good. Mahomes doesn’t anticipate any problems with the toe moving forward, but they’re still going to proceed with caution. He wants to do everything possible to ensure that he’s ready to practice in full at training camp and that he’s ready to play in a game when the time comes.

“No, I don’t see any problems moving forward,” Mahomes said. “Obviously, I’m going to have to continue with the rehab, continue to work on those things, strengthen and do all that different type of stuff. I feel like I had a good OTA’s, a good minicamp. I was able to move around, scramble around and do the things that I needed to do.”

While Mahomes will spend some time off during the weeks leading up to training camp, he’ll also continue his offseason training in Texas. His long-time trainer, Bobby Stroupe, has collaborated with the Chiefs’ training staff to continue him on the path to recovery ahead of training camp.

“I’ll be training with my trainer Bobby Stroupe and he’s talked to Rick (Burkholder) and he’s talked to Julie (Frymyer) and really got a good game plan of how we’re going to continue the rehab,” Mahomes explained. “But at the same time, making sure that I’m physically ready to go whenever training camp goes and I have no limitations at all.”

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