Packers QB Rodgers exits sport vs. Eagles in third quarter

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Rodgers left Sunday evening’s sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles within the third quarter with what the Inexperienced Bay Packers referred to as an indirect harm.

The 38-year-old quarterback gave the impression to be in some discomfort on the drive simply earlier than he jogged to the locker room with a number of members of the staff’s medical workers.

Rodgers had simply led a drive that completed with a discipline purpose to chop the Eagles’ result in 34-23 with 2:03 left within the third quarter.

Earlier this week, Rodgers revealed that the thumb harm he has been taking part in with since Week 5 is definitely a damaged bone. However he had no signal of any harm to his midsection till the second half on Sunday. To that time, the Eagles had 5 quarterback hits on Rodgers, together with three sacks. The third sack got here on the opening drive of the third quarter. Rodgers performed yet another sequence earlier than he went to the locker room for an examination.

Rodgers had accomplished 11-of-16 passes for 140 yards with two touchdowns earlier than he left the sector. He additionally threw two first-half interceptions for the second time in 4 weeks. He additionally had two within the first half of the Week 9 loss at Detroit. It upped his interception complete for the season to 9, already probably the most he is thrown in a season since 2010 (when he had 11).

Jordan Love, the Packers’ 2020 first-round decide and attainable inheritor obvious to Rodgers, entered the sport with 11:11 left within the fourth quarter and the Packers trailing 37-23 and promptly threw a 63-yard, catch-and-run landing with 9:00 left make it a one-score sport.