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Thursday 21 december 2017

Packers

playing

without

chance for FREAK OUT

playoffs

By GENARO C. ARMAS
AP Sports Writer
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP)
— This will be a strange
couple of weeks in Title-
town: The Green Bay Pack-
ers’ streak of eight straight
NFL postseason appear-
ances is over.
And quarterback Aaron
Rodgers is done for the
year after he was placed
on injured reserve Tuesday.
Rodgers threw for three
touchdowns and tossed
three interceptions in Sun-
day’s 31-24 loss at Carolina
in his return from a broken
collarbone. Coach Mike
McCarthy said there were
no setbacks with Rodgers’
injury, but it made sense to
shut him down.
“He took a number of
hits. With all the factors
involved, we felt this was
clearly in Aaron Rodg-
ers’ best interest,” McCar-
thy said. “He’s not happy
about it. It’s a hard day for
him.”
It’s an unusual time for the
team as a whole.
The Packers last missed the
playoffs in 2008, which was
Rodgers’ first season as the
starter. They’re not used to
playing games this late into Antetokounmpo helps Bucks top
December without post-
season implications.
Atlanta’s win over Tam- Cavaliers 119-116
pa Bay on Monday night
sealed Green Bay’s fate in
the NFC wild-card chase. Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis
Packers receiver Randall
Cobb dozed off in front of Antetokounmpo dunks during the
the TV while watching the second half of an NBA basketball
game and woke up on game against the Cleveland Cavaliers
Tuesday morning to diffi- Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Milwaukee.
cult news. “It’s very disap-
pointing. You never want The Bucks won 119-116.
to be in this situation,” Associated Press
Cobb said, “but we are.” Page 19

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