{"id":2564,"date":"2021-11-03T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:31:48","slug":"aaron-rodgers-covid-positive-is-aaron-rodgers-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/covid-19\/aaron-rodgers-covid-positive-is-aaron-rodgers-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Covid Positive ! is Aaron Rodgers vaccinated ? Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will not play in Week 9 vs. Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will miss Packers’ game vs. Chiefs, per reports<\/h2>\n

Green Bay Packers<\/a> quarterback Aaron Rodgers<\/a> tested positive for COVID-19<\/strong> and won’t play in Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong><\/a>, according to multiple news media reports.<\/p>\n

The Packers will instead start Jordan Love, the 2020 first-round pick who has only seven pass attempts in mop-up duty in his career to date.<\/p>\n

Rodgers becomes the latest Packers standout to miss a game due to COVID-19<\/strong><\/a> protocols. All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams sat out Thursday’s win over the Arizona Cardinals after testing positive, as did fellow wide receiver Allen Lazard \u2013 who was ruled a close contact \u2013 and defensive coordinator Joe Barry \u2013 who also tested positive.<\/p>\n

When asked in August whether he had been vaccinated, Rodgers said he had been “immunized.” His vaccine status as of Wednesday, however, was unclear.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s guys on the team that haven\u2019t been vaccinated,” Rodgers said in August. “I think it\u2019s a personal decision. I\u2019m not going to judge those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rodgers typically speaks with the media on Wednesday but was removed from the team’s scheduled availability.<\/p>\n

Love is the only quarterback beyond Rodgers on the Packers’ active roster. Kurt Benkert was placed on the practice squad COVID-19 reserve list on Tuesday after testing positive.<\/p>\n

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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will not play in Week 9 vs. Chiefs<\/h2>\n

The NFL’s hottest team will be without its most important player Sunday.<\/p>\n

Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19<\/strong> and is out for Green Bay’s showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL<\/strong><\/a> Network’s Tom Pelissero reported. 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love will start in place of Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Despite telling reporters in August he’d “been immunized,” Rodgers is not vaccinated against COVID-19, NFL Network<\/strong> Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported. Rodgers must spend a minimum of 10 days away from the team according to the league’s COVID-19 protocol, ruling him out for the Packers’ Week 9 game against the Chiefs. The earliest Rodgers can rejoin the team is Nov. 13 — the day before their Week 10 matchup against the Seahawks.<\/p>\n

Rapoport also reported that Rodgers has been following the NFL’s protocol for unvaccinated players while inside the team facility this season.<\/p>\n

Love’s replacement of Rodgers should lower expectations for offensive production for the Packers, but that might not change the minds of those expecting Green Bay to win. Kansas City has found itself in an offensive rut for much of the season and needed a late field goal to beat the now 2-6 Giants at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night. A much stronger Packers team should present a greater challenge to the Chiefs, even if Rodgers isn’t involved.<\/p>\n

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#Packers<\/a> practice squad QB Kurt Benkert tested positive earlier this week. Now reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is positive, too. The only healthy QB on the roster is Jordan Love, who is in the building today and set to start against the #Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>