Packer Report: Aaron Rodgers Benefits From Improved Offensive Line Play

Saturday, November 22 2008

After nearly seven weeks, and countless knockdowns, it finally appears that the injured shoulder of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is nearing 100 percent. In fact, this week was the first time since Sept. 28 that Rodgers wasn't listed on the teams' weekly injury report.

Part of that could be because of how well the offensive line played last Sunday in the Packers' win over the Chicago Bears.

“I haven’t felt that good Monday and Tuesday waking up all season,” Rodgers said. “I really appreciate those guys. I said after the game, those guys dominated the line of scrimmage. I got touched one time, and it was because I made the wrong protection call. So those guys did an incredible job. We need a repeat performance like that.”

Officially, the Bears did not record a sack or register a "quarterback hit"—something the NFL now tracks—Sunday, a big improvement over the previous game in Minnesota where Rodgers...
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