Pittsburgh Steelers beginning quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a reported small fracture in his left (non-throwing) wrist because the Steelers improved to 6-4 on the season through a dominant 34-12 win over the Cincinnati Bengals this previous Sunday.
Rodgers seemingly needs to play by discomfort when the Steelers face the Chicago Bears (7-3) at Chicago’s Soldier Subject this Sunday. Throughout a Monday look on FS1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” program, former NFL quarterback and present analyst Matt Hasselbeck revealed that he has expertise coping with an analogous setback.
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“I handled this very same factor,” Hasselbeck mentioned about Rodgers’ damage, per Troy Montgomery of Steelers Depot. “Two eventualities: both he has to have surgical procedure or he does not. If he does not, then he is carrying a solid. In my expertise, when (head coach) Pete Carroll was in Seattle, I used to be the quarterback, I broke my wrist. I wore a solid all week, by no means took the snap in apply. Then, for the video games, we might lower the solid off and I’d put on a splint or a brace.”
Backup Mason Rudolph stuffed in for the banged-up Rodgers in opposition to the Bengals and accomplished 12-of-16 passes for 127 yards and a landing. Pittsburgh additionally tallied two second-half defensive touchdowns in that romp.
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A Monday report indicated Rodgers will push to function Pittsburgh’s QB1 versus Chicago. Nonetheless, it sounds just like the 41-year-old will not be feeling like his previous self anytime quickly.
“Are you able to do it? Yeah. Is it very painful? Yeah, it is very painful,” Hasselbeck added about Rodgers attempting to play whereas injured. “What you do is you hand the ball off together with your proper hand for all handoffs. If he avoids surgical procedure, I believe he can nonetheless play. I believe it is doable.”
As of Tuesday morning, ESPN BET had the Steelers as three-point street underdogs in opposition to the Bears. Will probably be fascinating to see how that line strikes, if in any respect, as soon as Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin names his beginning signal-caller for the competition.
Per Pro Football Reference, Rodgers ended Week 11 ranked twenty fifth within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 43.9 adjusted QBR and tied for fifth with 19 landing passes on the season. Over 10 video games, he tossed seven interceptions.
