Green Bay Packers reveal status of Aaron Rodgers in Week 10

The Green Bay Packers have officially activated quarterback Aaron Rodgers from the Covid-19 reserve list. The move means he’ll be starting for the Green Bay-Seattle game on Sunday.

Rodgers has been in the middle of media crossfire over the past few weeks for not being vaccinated. He said before the season that he was “immunized,” leading many to believe that he was vaccinated against COVID-19. With news coming out that Rodgers is actually unvaccinated, an investigation into him and the Packers for potential COVID-19 protocol breaches was launched. The team and Rodgers were subsequently fined.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport also let everyone know that the Packers have officially activated defensive back Isaac Yiadom off the COVID-19 reserve list.

Getting Aaron Rodgers back is huge for Green Bay

Backup Jordan Love started in Rodgers’ absence in last week’s 13-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and looked alright under center. He completed 19 of 34 passes for 190 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown in the effort.

Rodgers was playing well before his positive COVID test knocked him out of the Kansas City game. He completed 67.1% of his passes while throwing for 1,891 yards and 17 touchdowns in eight games. Now, he’s working his way back just in time for Green Bay to take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Fans will be in for a treat in that one. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is back after a finger injury, meaning it’ll be a Wilson vs. Rodgers quarterback showdown — and a rematch of the 2020 NFC Divisional Round game. Kickoff is set for Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS.

Rodgers’ controversial comments

Because he was unvaccinated, Rodgers had to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days. He made waves across social media after his comments on The Pat McAfee Show after his test came back positive.

“I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now, so before the final nail gets put in my cancel culture casket, I think I’d like to set the record straight on so many of the blatant lies that are out there about myself right now,” Rodgers told McAfee and former teammate AJ Hawk. “First of all, I didn’t lie in the initial press conference. During that time, it was a … witch-hunt that was going on across the league where everybody in the media was so concerned with who was vaccinated and who wasn’t and what that meant and who was being selfish and who would talk about it and what it meant if they said it’s a personal decision, they shouldn’t have to disclose their own medical information and whatnot.”

A week later, he went back on McAfee’s show and took “full responsibility” for what he said.

“I’m an athlete, not an activist,” Rodgers said. “So I’m going to get back to doing what I do best, and that’s playing ball.”

On3’s James Fletcher III and Nick Schultz also contributed to the report.