GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers nodded in agreement.
Yes, the Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed Sunday, he is the same guy who played all of last year with a fracture in his knee, suffered in the first half of the season’s first game. And yes, he said, he is indeed the same guy who played with a mobility-limiting torn calf muscle late in the 2014 season, including a pair of playoff games.
So yes, he said, if his team was playing games that would be counting in the 2019 NFC North standings, he would be sucking it up and playing through the back tightness that has been bothering him since last week.