GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers is confident his left calf will feel better when the Green Bay Packers play their first postseason game in a couple weeks.
Rodgers had to be carted into the locker room with the injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s NFC North-clinching 30-20 win over Detroit. He came back in the third quarter, throwing for one touchdown and scoring on a quarterback sneak from the 1.
Rodgers said on his radio show on ESPN 540 in Milwaukee that he has been undergoing treatment. He said he didn’t know if he would be 100 percent for the Packers’ divisional round game on Jan. 11, though he was confident he would be “in a better spot” with the extra rest afforded by the team’s first-round bye.
The injury first occurred two weeks ago in a win at Tampa Bay. Rodgers said that was on the inside part of his calf, whereas Sunday’s injury was to the outside part of the muscle.
Green Bay is off through Friday, when practice resumes. The team will return to a normal week of preparation once its next opponent is determined out of this weekend’s wild-card games. It could be Dallas, Carolina or Arizona coming to Lambeau Field.