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The Green Bay Packers are reportedly re-signing QB Aaron Rodgers to a 4-year, $200 million deal with $153 million guaranteed.

Related Players: Davante Adams, Jordan Love

Sell your Jordan Love dynasty stocks, folks. Rodgers is now signed to play into his 40s with the same franchise that drafted him.

Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (back) did not practice Wednesday, while RB Aaron Jones (knee) was a full participant.

Related Players: Randall Cobb, Allen Lazard

Valdes-Scantling has been in-and-out of the lineup and the extra time has not helped his back issues. His health is important because it is unlikely that Randall Cobb plays a large chunk of this weekend's divisional game after having core muscle surgery.

Packers HC Matt LaFleur told reporters Wednesday that he "would anticipate him (Randall Cobb) playing in this game.”

Related Players: Allen Lazard, Marquez Valdes-Scantling

We all know Cobb's chemistry with Aaron Rodgers, but there is concern with Cobb coming off core muscle surgery getting a lot of action immediately.

Packers HC Matt LeFleur told reporters Friday that QB Aaron Rodgers will start Week 18 and will see how the game plays out. “I don’t think he needs to play. I think he wants to play and keep the momentum going.”

Related Player: Jordan Love

Rodgers starting takes he and Love out of consideration for season-long and DFS lineups.

Packers WR Davante Adams is likely set to receive the franchise tag this upcoming offseason.

For as great as Adams has been on the field, the Packers have been reluctant to give Adams a huge contract and likely make him the highest-paid wide receiver in football. As Rapoport notes, the Packers and Adams have not had contract talks since July and he is set to be a free agent in March. The franchise tag would at least give Green Bay more time to extend Adams. The tag is projected to be around $20 million for wide receivers.

Vikings TE Tyler Conklin (hamstring) is questionable for Week 17 against the Green Bay Packers.

With Sean Mannion starting, Conklin has little value outside of a dump-off option. Avoid Conklin if you can.

Packers RB Aaron Jones (knee) and WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (back) were limited during Wednesday's practice. QB Aaron Rodgers (toe) did not practice.

Rodgers will continue to rest as needed. Jones should play and will also rest as much as needed. MVS is a new injury and should be closely monitored.

From his Tuesday comments on the Pat McAfee Show, it still doesn’t sound like Rodgers is going to get surgery on the toe.

“Toe was definitely hurting after the game, but it is what it is,” Rodgers said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “It’s not going to be a problem I don’t think. It’s not going to stop me from playing. It’s just pain management but I’m going to keep playing and probably not practice a whole lot.”

Rodgers said the status of his toe took a step back after the team's win over the Bears in Week 14. It looks like Rodgers won't get surgery during the season to fix the toe. At this point, Rodgers doesn't want to miss any time with Green Bay now in the top spot in the NFC.

From NFL Now: While surgery remains an option for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, the current plan is more rest and rehab after last night's toe setback.

As it was reported earlier today, Rodgers had a setback and said he was in more pain after Week 14's win over the Bears. It sounds like surgery is a last resort for Rodgers, though, and according to Rapoport, no surgery is scheduled at this time.

All the healing done by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during the bye week might have been erased on Sunday night against the Chicago Bears.

Rodgers, who threw four touchdown passes, said he believes he suffered a setback with his fractured left pinky toe during the Packers’ 45-30 win.

Asked if the toe felt better coming out of the bye and after Sunday night’s game, Rodgers replied, “No, it feels worse.”

“I don’t know what kind of setback that I had tonight but we’ll look at it tomorrow. But definitely took a step back tonight,” Rodgers said.

We could hear more later today about just how much of a setback Rodgers suffered. Rodgers opted not to have surgery over the bye week but said that option still wasn't off the table as recently as last week. The belief is, Rodgers could have the surgery and not miss any time, which was a big requirement if he opted to go under the knife.