Will Aaron Rodgers play vs Bears ?

• Rodgers injured Nov. 4th
• Rodgers Scanned Nov. 5th – type of break/baseline determined: is this a 4 week or 8 week recovery? It is not a displaced fracture but a spiral fracture so the 6-8 week timeline is communicated to Rodgers, McCarthy, whoever… (Jordy confirmed this with his comments)
• On or about Dec. 4th Rodgers had a scan (likely just the 2nd scan) and he reported that his cracked left collarbone hadn’t progressed much. This would be ~ 30 days post injury and would be a typical time for when a 2^nd scan would occur to check progress. Anything prior to 4 weeks post injury would expose the patient to unnecessary radiation and likely not show sufficient progress regardless of how the patent felt.
• Dec. 16 – Rodgers wants another scan but McKenzie tells him based on the progress from scan 1 to scan 2 another scan so soon after #2 would likely not show enough progress to clear him and again would expose him to unnecessary radiation. He also tells AR to follow and trust the plan.
• Dec. 23 – Rodgers is scanned for a 3^rd time, 7 weeks post injury. McKenzie reviews the scan and sees sufficient healing to medically clear Rodgers.
• Dec. 24 – McKenzie meets with McCarthy, Rodgers, and maybe Thompson to discuss the scan results and the risks associated with Rodgers returning to the field at this point. (Spiral fractures of the Clavicle can take months to fully heal and there remains of [re]injury)

MERRY CHRISTMAS Packers fan!

Yes, it is Tuesday, but it's 9 a.m. in Green Bay. I'm sure if an announcement is coming, it'll go this afternoon.

And my post was at 7:30. But thank you for being so helpful.

I hope not.  It is cold and many of us are spending time with people that encourage/demand libations.  Ice is seasonally plentiful. 

19 year old

Scroll down for pictures. This kid took 12 weeks to heal with an operation.

Don't think Rodgers injury is this bad.

It takes longer to heal if you're not using HGH.

Surgery to insert the 8-hole Plate likely lengthened his recovery. His fracture was displaced as well. Rodger's has been reported to not be displaced.

I think that if Rodgers is declared able to play today that he could have played last Sunday but they thought they could win without him and decided to err on the side of caution and wait a week.  I doubt his condition has changed that much in four days from last Friday when it was announced he wasn't going to play to today.  

Based on what we are hearing on the radidio the Packers know every week by Tuesday if Rodgers is ready. Last week they decided on Tuesday, just didn't tell anyone before Friday.

See the time-line I posted above, not that far-fetched.

schefter reporting on ESPN that Rodgers won't play this week

Or they are operating under standard practices for this kind of break.  And your body is an amazing thing, even a extra day of healing makes a difference.

Rodgers said he had a scan in the past 24 hours and they'll have an answer Thursday

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Rodgers: Any guesses about my relationship with Mike are inappropriate.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) December 24, 2013

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Tis the season....

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I'll just leave this here

Rodgers said weirdest #Packers gift at the Pro Shop is a cheese bra and added "a couple of our coaches could use one."

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) December 24, 2013

Rodgers: "I think it's easier if we get the decision out of the way on Thursday and move forward."

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) December 24, 2013

 Easier than waiting until Friday I guess.

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James Jones on @AaronRodgers12 "I think we will get some good news."

Check that -- Vandermause said he doesn't think the Packers can win without Rodgers.

Schefter and ESPN are praying Romo doesn't play after definitively declaring him out. The narrative is already being formed that the Cowboys better remember RGIII.

If MM/Rodgers were going to be coy, this would be the week to do it. Let the Bears guess as to who they'll have to face. But unless the Bores are idots, Im sure they are planning it'll be AR.

That did seem like a curious comment.

If the Bears read X4 they knew AR would be cleared yesterday.

Seriously, if info can get leaked to the likes of us dum dums, just imagine how much info must be leaked between teams. Even the groundskeepers from around the league must know each other.

In seven tries against Green Bay, Cutler has won just once. That game was the third week of the regular season in 2010. That same year, you may recall, Cutler infamously left the NFC Championship Game against the same Packers team due to a mysterious injury.

 

Green Bay beat Chicago on the road and eventually won the Super Bowl.

In two games since - Cutler missed the second of the two Packers games last season due to injury - the Chicago quarterback is 32-64 (50%), for 428 yards with 3 touchdowns, 6 interceptions, and has been sacked 10 times.

 

The meeting in Week 2 this season was one of Cutler's worst games as a pro, as he completed 40% of his passes, was intercepted four times and sacked on seven occasions. Green Bay won 23-10 and it wasn't even that close.

But this is nothing new to Jay Cutler and the Packers.

 

In his career as a Bear, Cutler is completing 53% of his passes against Green Bay, averaging just 6.4 yards per attempt and has 7 touchdowns against 16 interceptions

That was from a year ago at this time. We obviously know that Va Jay Jay couldn't play the 1st game this year. But having him play against GB could be every bit as vital as Rodgers playing...

From what I am reading Rodgers won't play this week. Obviously, being overly cautious. 

While those Cutler stats are encouraging, let's not read too much into it. That was under a totally different regime. Trestman seems to have fixed what's ailed this Chicago offense for decades. I think they only trail Denver in PPG, and those WRs + Bennett + Forte will be a handful to cover, especially if we have no pass rush without CM III. Even with Rodgers, this is a 50-50 game...brace yourself for another high schoring, wild affair.

Based on the interview my guess is he's a go, but that's all it is.  As far as rust goes, AR at 80% is an upgrade at the position. 

How does Vandermause know Cutler is benched?

One reason they are going to announce it Thursday instead of Friday could be that if AR takes all the reps with the first team on Thursday it will be obvious before Friday that he can play.

Let's not forget that the last time we played the Bears, they cut up our defense with ease. Remember, they held the ball for almost, what, 9 minutes in the fourth? Trestman totally outcoached Capers, and after Rodgers went out our offense didn't look so hot either. And the Bears were just embarassed on national TV so they will be looking for some redemption. And, it's two rivals going at each other with us knocking them out in the last game that really, really mattered (NFC champ).

So, even if Rodgers plays we still have some work to do to win this one. Just because 12 (hopefully, hoping against hope) walks onto the field doesn't mean the game is over by any stretch. But I like our chances a lot better with 12 than with 10.  

Marshall and JEffery will be running free all over the field and they'll score points. Getting Rodgers back will help GB keep pace

Bet the "over"

And where are you reading this "breaking news"??

or they just dont want to ruin Christmas in Wisconsin on Wednesday