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    Ashish Mathur
    Ashish Mathur
    Nov 18, 2025, 17:51
    Updated at: Nov 18, 2025, 17:51

    This is great news for Aaron Rodgers.

    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not need to undergo surgery to repair his fractured left wrist, NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported on Tuesday.

    Rodgers is pushing to play this Sunday against the Chicago Bears, the team he dominated during his tenure with the Green Bay Packers. The future Hall of Famer is 24-5 against the Bears. 

    Since Rodgers suffered a left wrist injury, he can still throw the ball. It will be fascinating to see if the four-time MVP faces the Bears in Chicago. The Bears are 7-3 and their defense leads the NFL in turnovers. It could be risky for Rodgers to play against their tough defense. 

    However, Rodgers is a fierce competitor and this week may be the final time he gets to face the Bears in his career. He probably wants to beat Chicago one final time. 

    In 29 games against the Bears, Rodgers has 64 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. The Packers beat the Bears in the NFC Championship Game in the 2010 season and won the Super Bowl against the Steelers.

    On the season, Rodgers has 1,969 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns and seven interceptions. He's completing 66.4% of his passes for the Steelers, are in first place in the AFC North with a record of 6-4. 

    If Rodgers doesn't play against the Bears, Mason Rudolph will start for the Steelers. Rudolph came in for Rodgers and played well against the Bengals, going 12-16 for 127 yards and one touchdown. 

    "Mason's proven in the past what he showed today," Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said. "That's why we value him as a member of this collective and are appreciative of his play, and certainly Kenny Gainwell made play after play for us, winning in the flat and so forth, but a lot of guys did."

    The Steelers have seven games left in the regular season against the Bears, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Ravens.