Aaron Rodgers says that if the player wants to keep playing.

The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers have had a difficult season.

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The MVP quarterback has been suffering with a nasty oblique strain while also playing with a fractured thumb. Does he truly want to keep playing through the discomfort with

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the Packers out of the playoff picture?On Sunday night, Rodgers was questioned about it.

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The Packers quarterback says he intends to continue playing as long as his club has a mathematical chance of making the playoffs.

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Rodgers stated he wanted to continue playing despite his injured thumb and ribs "as long as we're mathematically alive," according to a tweet from Tom Silverstein.

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After losing to Philadelphia on Sunday night, Green Bay's record fell to 4-8 for the year.

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It is unlikely that the Packers will be mathematically eligible for the playoffs for very long.

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At some point in the near future, Rodgers might be suspended.

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