Green Bay Packers - PlayerWatch

[December 20, 2017]    QB Joe Callahan was signed by the Packers on Tuesday after the team placed star QB Aaron Rodgers on season-ending injured reserve. The 24-year-old Callahan spent the first six weeks of this season on the practice squad before being elevated to the active roster on Saturday. Callahan has not appeared in a game this season. He was originally signed by the team as an undrafted free agent out of Wesley College in 2016.

QB Aaron Rodgers was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, officially ending his season after a brief one-game comeback from a broken right collarbone. Rodgers was hit seven times in Sunday's 31-24 loss vs. the Panthers, including three sacks, in his return from an eight-game injury absence. "Aaron Rodgers is sore, rightfully so," Packers coach Mike McCarthy told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday when asked about the possibility of Rodgers starting vs. the Vikings on Saturday. "He was hit too many times, took two big hits. So we're working through that." Rodgers completed 26 of 45 passes for 290 yards and had three touchdown passes opposite three interceptions in his return in Carolina. A two-time NFL MVP and six-time Pro Bowler, the 34-year-old Rodgers passed for 1,675 yards, 16 touchdowns and six interceptions over seven games this season, his 13th in the NFL.

FB Joe Kerridge was released by the Packers from their active roster on Tuesday. Kerridge, 25, did not accrue any rushing yards this season and made just one catch for three yards in four games played.

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