Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears with a broken left wrist, and Mason Rudolph will start in his place, head coach Mike Tomlin said.
Rodgers suffered the wrist injury in the Steelers' win over the Cincinnati Bengals. He was tackled and came down hard on his left hand. He left the game early and Rudolph replaced him as the Steelers' defense clamped down to hang on for the 32-14 victory.
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Tomlin revealed the decision in an interview with CBS.
"He fought his tail off all week," Tomlin said. "That's the prudent play to make for us as a collective. We'll let Mason start. He's absorbed most of the reps this week."
It will be the first action Rodgers has missed since he tore his Achilles in Week 1 of the 2023 season with the New York Jets.
Tomlin and Rodgers both stressed that the quarterback's status would be determined on whether he could protect himself.
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Rookie quarterback Will Howard, who spent most of the season on the injured reserve with his own hand injury, said earlier in the week it was impressive that Rodgers was even in the conversation to start.
"The fact that he's out there and going through reps (today), it says a lot about his pain tolerance," Howard said. "He's a tough dude, man."
Rodgers is 24-5 all-time against the Bears. This season, he has 1,969 passing yards, 19 touchdown passes and seven interceptions.
Pittsburgh is 6-4 this season and retained a small lead on the Baltimore Ravens for first place in the AFC North. Chicago is 7-3 this season and have control of the NFC North going into Week 12.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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