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Aaron Rodgers doesn’t want to be seen as the villain against the Chicago Bears any longer.
“I’d rather not be,” Rodgers said on Wednesday, Nov. 19. “I’m not in Green Bay anymore.”
Bears fans, however, might not be over it all.
After all, he’s gloated in their face, telling them he owns them during one of the last times he played in their stadium. And he’s ripped out the Bears’ hearts, snatching victory away from them time after time, with his play.
But that was all done as a Green Bay Packer, the Bears’ oldest rival.
Does Aaron Rodgers thrive on being the villain in Chicago?
Rodgers: “I’d rather not be, I mean, I’m not in Green Bay anymore. I feel like we can let bygones be bygones. Maybe I can.”
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Rodgers is wearing black and gold these days and not green and gold.
So, Rodgers has a request for the fine folks of Chicago ahead of his Pittsburgh Steelers coming to the Windy City for a critical Week 12 game for two teams each leading their respective divisions.
“I feel like we can let bygones be bygones maybe,” Rodgers said. “I can, I guess.”
Rodgers is 24-5 all-time against the Bears in regular season games. Whether he gets a chance to go for No. 25 is still unknown.
The 41-year-old quarterback suffered a left wrist injury late in the first half of the Steelers’ 34-12 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Nov. 16. He didn’t play the second half and his status for the Bears game is up in the air.
Aaron Rodgers on playing vs the Bears
Asked on Nov. 19 about his desire to play on Sunday given the opponent, Rodgers said: “There’s incentive for every opponent. But I have enjoyed many a Sunday and Monday and many Thursdays in that city. It’s a great sports town, phenomenal sports fans. Great place to play.”
It sure has been for Rodgers, who went 12-3 playing at Soldier Field for the Packers from 2008-22, including the playoffs.
“It’s a great rivalry,” Rodgers said. “In the history of all sports you talk about the Lakers and Celtics, Red Sox and Yankees you gotta talk about the Packers and Bears.”
Rodgers, who not long ago questioned if Packers-Bears was a rivalry any longer due to Green Bay’s dominance in the last few decades, has enjoyed many memorable moments against the Bears, particularly in Chicago, during his future Hall of Fame career.
Among them included the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 25, 2011, a 60-yard pass to Jordy Nelson late in the fourth quarter to set up a game-winning field goal by Mason Crosby in 2016, the game-winning 48-yard touchdown pass to Randall Cobb on 4th and 8 with 38 seconds left in a winner-take-all contest for the NFC North in 2013, that time Rodgers told fans he owned them after a rushing TD in 2021, and leading a rousing comeback where the Packers outscored the Bears, 19-0, in the fourth quarter in his last meeting three years ago.
“There’s been some great memories there,” Rodgers said. “When I first got to Green Bay the Bears had the all-time series lead. When I left, Packers did. Since J Love has taken over it’s even gotten better.”
Green Bay owns a 108-96-6 record in the longest continuous rivalry in the NFL.
“Hope those fans can put that behind them,” Rodgers said. “I’m sure they can’t, don’t expect ’em to, but I really enjoy the city.”
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Will Aaron Rodgers play vs the Bears? Aaron Rodgers injury update
Rodgers didn’t practice on Wednesday, Nov. 19, putting his status for the game in question. He has a fracture in his left wrist after taking a hit against the Bengals.
Rodgers’ goal for the week?
“Try and get back on the field [Thursday, Nov. 20] and see what I can do,” he said during his weekly media session.
But it comes down to the doctors as to whether he’ll play on Sunday.
“Got to get the OK,” Rodgers said. “Got to feel like I can protect myself.”