After an entire week of speculation and being listed as doubtful to play Sunday, Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers was downgraded to inactive for Sunday night's game on NBC, according to FOXSports.
Rodgers suffered his second concussion of the year last week in the team's 7-3 loss to the Detroit Lions, after scrambling from a play in the second quarter and was hit hard trying to dive for the first down. Rodgers has been a key performer for the Packers, completing 65.4% of his passes with 3289 yards and 23-10 TD-INT, despite lacking a strong run game without RB Ryan Grant [IR] for nearly the entire season.
With Rodgers out and up against a Packers team that is on a sudden surge and hasn't turned the ball over in over a month, backup QB Matt Flynn will step into the role. Luckily Flynn has some experienced and talented weapons on the outside with Greg Jennings, Donal Driver, James Jones and Jordy Nelson.
Flynn, a 3-year QB out of LSU, has little stats to gauge a strong understanding of his potential. In his 3 years, he has just 46 passing attempts and 25 completions for 246 yards, giving him a career completion percentage of 54.3% with 0 TDs and 2 INT, adding up to a career passer rating of 51.5.
This game comes with huge implications as the Packers are 1 game behind for the 2nd Wild Card position to the New York Giants, and next week the two teams face off trying to knock the opponent out of the playoff race.
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