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PITTSBURGH — The week of practice has come and gone, but the status of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is still up in the air for Sunday’s Week 12 game against the Chicago Bears.
Rodgers was listed as a limited participant in Friday’s practice and has a questionable designation for Friday’s game. He was also a limited participant in Thursday’s practice, but head coach Mike Tomlin said he still needs to see more after the end of the official week of practice.
“I thought I saw a solid effort, but it’s Friday and we’ve still got some time,” Tomlin said. “We’ll see where the weekend leads us.”
He said the important conversations going forward will be held between Rodgers and the team’s medical staff. If Rodgers is not 100%, but is medically able to play, he said that he’ll have to make a decision between Rodgers and Mason Rudolph at that point.
“It’s thoughtful decision making that you go through, almost routinely, particularly when it’s this time of year, when you get into the meat of things,” he said.
Rodgers suffered a fractured left wrist late in the first half of the Steelers’ Week 11 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Rudolph replaced him after the half. Rookie Will Howard is the only other quarterback on the 53-man roster, with Skylar Thompson on injured reserve.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Mike Tomlin Updates Status of Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers
