The Sunday Splash Eve! reports for Week 12 featured near-identical (as they often are) tweets from ESPN and NFL Media that Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is “pushing to play” against the Bears on Sunday, despite having a fracture in his wrist.

Of course he’s pushing to play. As reported last week on Football Night in America (and confirmed on Tuesday by coach Mike Tomlin), Rodgers tried to return to the game after the injury happened.

Rodgers, who turns 42 in a matter of days, has to assume that this may be his last season. It’s most likely his last trip to Soldier Field, to face the biggest rivals of the team with which he won four MVP awards. He’s willing to risk further injury if it means not missing this specific game.

So what will it mean if Mason Rudolph starts instead of

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