Packers’ Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, is reportedly unvaccinated

Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers has tested affirmative for COVID-19 and volition miss Sunday’s roadworthy crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to aggregate reports.

NFL Network reported Rodgers volition beryllium retired the crippled against the Chiefs due to the fact that helium is unvaccinated, which means he’s sidelined 10 days arsenic a effect of the affirmative test.

Under the league’s COVID protocols, vaccinated players person the accidental to instrumentality to play by investigating antagonistic twice.

When asked earlier the play if helium was vaccinated, Rodgers replied, “Yeah, I’m immunized.”

Jordan Love, 23, jumps to the caput of the enactment to marque his archetypal vocation NFL commencement successful spot of Rodgers.

Green Bay is scheduled to big the Seattle Seahawks successful Week 10 (Nov. 14). According to reports, Rodgers would archetypal beryllium capable to instrumentality to the squad Nov. 13.

The Packers played without wide receiver Davante Adams and chap wide receiver Allen Lazard past Thursday owed to COVID-19. Adams has yet to beryllium cleared to return.

Rodgers overcame the absences to propulsion 2 touchdown passes successful Green Bay’s 24-21 triumph implicit the antecedently undefeated Arizona Cardinals. The Packers (7-1) person won 7 successful a enactment since a season-opening 38-3 shellacking by the New Orleans Saints connected Sept. 12. That includes a wild 30-28 win implicit the 49ers astatine Levi’s Stadium successful Week 3.

Rodgers, 37, has thrown for 1,894 yards with 17 touchdowns and 3 interceptions this season.

Rodgers’ full 17-year vocation has been with the Packers. He has passed for 53,139 yards and 429 touchdowns, and helium won a Super Bowl ringing with the franchise astatine the extremity of the 2010 season.

Love has completed 5 of 7 passes for 68 yards successful constricted enactment this season. That has been his lone regular-season enactment since the Packers selected him with the 26th wide prime of the 2020 NFL Draft.