miliar territory Irv Smith Jersey Womens , with no playoff berth to chase but quarterback Aaron Rodgers healthy enough to play in the final two games of a going-nowhere season.If interim head coach Joe Philbin has anything to say about it, anyone who is healthy enough to play - including Rodgers - will play next weekend against the New York Jets despite the circumstances.Rodgers has played all season with a left knee injury sustained in the season opener in September. He said he also injured his groin during the Packers' 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, though the quarterback quickly added he wants to play in the final two games, regardless of the risk.It's in line with the message Philbin delivered to the team Monday afternoon."In the general sense, my philosophy is football players are paid to play football games, and football coaches are paid to coach football games," Philbin said. "Obviously Irv Smith white jersey , we have to go through the week and we would never put any player out there that wasn't physically ready to go. But that's my general philosophy and overall philosophy - whether it's Aaron Rodgers or anybody else."We're the Green Bay Packers, we're a football team and we're in the business of winning football games, and we want all our players who are healthy to contribute to the overall success of the team. Period," Philbin added.The loss to Chicago clinched a second straight losing season for Green Bay (5-8-1). Asked if he expected the team to use the final two games to take a look at young quarterback DeShone Kizer, Rodgers said that he "for sure" wants to play.Rodgers recalled thinking he might get to play late in the 2005 season, when he was a rookie first-round pick backing up Brett Favre and the Packers were 3-11 with two games to go."I remember 'Favrey' came in late in the season and said, 'Well Irv Smith Minnesota Vikings Jerseys , you're probably going to get a chance to play here,'" Rodgers recounted. "Didn't happen."Rodgers enters the final two games having thrown for 3,974 yards, but with the second-lowest completion percentage in his 11 years as Packers starter (61.7 percent). With just 23 touchdown passes, Rodgers is on pace for the fewest he's had in a season in which he was healthy enough to play all year."Nobody's talked to me about (not playing). I want to play, though, so I'm expecting to start and play Minnesota Vikings Jerseys 2019 ," Rodgers said. "I'd like to be out there and lead us the last two weeks."NOTES: Philbin did not have an update on RB Aaron Jones, who left Sunday's loss with a knee injury. "We're going to have to see what his status will be," Philbin said. "Hopefully he'll be ready to play." The Packers had only one other true halfback on the roster against the Bears, Jamaal Williams, who carried 12 times for 55 yards and a touchdown. . The team claimed RB Kapri Bibbs off waivers from the Redskins. Bibbs carried 20 times for 101 yards and three touchdowns for Washington this season and also caught 13 passes for 102 yards and a score. . Rookie reserve OL Alex Light was suspended one game for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, the league announced Monday. Light, who has played only three snaps on offense this season Irv Smith black jersey , is eligible to return to the active roster on Dec. 24. The Vikings completed a contract restructure for Everson Griffen last month, but apparently that wasn’t all the Vikings front office had in mind for Griffen.Local Vikings beat writers Andrew..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Vikings 2018 SeasonVikings 2019 OffseasonU.S. Bank StadiumMinnesota Vikings PodcastsReport:Vikings Tried to Trade Griffen for ZeitlerNew,334commentsCDTShareTweetShareShareReport:Vikings Tried to Trade Griffen for ZeitlerBrad Rempel-USA TODAY SportsThe Vikings completed a contract restructure for Everson Griffen last month, but apparently that wasn’t all the Vikings front office had in mind for Griffen.Local Vikings beat writers Andrew Krammer and Ben Goessling reported recently that the Vikings were also near to completing a trade of Everson Griffen to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for guard Kevin Zeitler.Apparently the deal fell through at the last minute when Cleveland decided to do the Odell Beckham Jr. trade with the Giants that also landed them Oliver Vernon.That would have been a bold move for the Vikings, and would have netted them one of the best guards in the NFL in recent years in Kevin Zeitler, while also saving $1 million in salary cap space.It’s not out of the question that the Vikings may still look to trade Griffen at some point down the road, as his contract restructure was only for this year Irv Smith Jersey Mens , and his salary cap hit is set to go up to almost $14 million next year and even higher in subsequent years.The Vikings are also reportedly looking to trade Trae Waynes, although that may be a little less urgent since Holton Hill’s suspension, but nevertheless could happen at some point this off-season - perhaps during the draft.The Vikings currently don’t have enough salary cap space to sign all of their draft picks, so something will have to give sooner or later.It’s also not out of the question that the Vikings could part ways with Riley Reiff, depending on what offensive linemen they land in the draft.Stay tuned.
