Green Bay Packers place Aaron Rodgers on IR with playoffs out of reach
Packers fans will surely be disappointed to see their franchise quarterback gone once again
One week after returning from a broken collarbone Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers returned to the injured reserve list. Green Bay’s roster move officially ended Rodgers’ 2018 season with their playoff hopes officially crushed following a 31-24 loss to Carolina on Sunday.
Rodgers was sacked three times and took the most hits of his 13-year career. His season ends with a career-low in starts with seven after not starting the first three years of his career while learning behind Brett Favre.
Brett Hundley, who started seven games in Rodgers absence, will get the final two starts of the season for the Packers. Hundley went 3-4 as the starter, but won two consecutive overtime games before handing the job back to Rodgers.
Green Bay has lost several key players to injury this year, including the 33rd overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, cornerback Kevin King from Washington, with a shoulder injury. Veteran offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga tore his ACL, running back Ty Montgomery injured his wrist, and cornerback Quinten Rollins suffered a torn Achillies tendon.
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This season will be the first time Green Bay doesn’t make the playoffs since 2008 when they went 6-10. Rodgers started all 16 games for the first time in his career that season after the team moved on from Favre.
With Hundley starting the final two games of the season Green Bay will get a chance to determine whether he’s worth keeping as a development project. Rodgers is 34 and has two more years left on his contract and is still one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
Hundley has one more year left on his rookie contract, and if he performs well in the final two weeks the Packers could find a trade partner willing to take a chance on the young UCLA project.