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Rodgers told reporters Tuesday that he sees no benefit to
playing in the preseason, something he has not done since 2018.
"I think it's kind of a no-win situation to the outside of the
building," Rodgers said. "If somebody gets hurt: ‘I can't
believe they played our guys.' But if we go out and have a
stinker (to start the season): ‘I can't believe they didn't play
them.'
"You've just got to do what's best for the squad, and (head
coach) Matt (LaFleur) is going to do that. He's going to lean on
the leaders of the football team and if he feels like we need to
go out and play, we'll go out and play. But I don't want to just
go out and play three plays. That, to me, is a waste of time."
The Packers will start Jordan Love in their preseason opener
Friday against the San Francisco 49ers, LaFleur announced,
adding that a decision about Rodgers' playing time had yet to be
made.
The star quarterback said he was not speaking about it Tuesday
in order to "send a message to" LaFleur, because he'd already
communicated his opinion to the coach.
"I definitely don't see any benefit to playing one series,"
Rodgers said. "If we're going to play, we should play a quarter,
a couple of series, two to three series. Just suiting up for
four plays, to me, is a waste."
LaFleur said Rodgers' stance "stimulates conversation" among the
staff about how to approach the preseason. He added that Rodgers
won't play Week 2 of the preseason against the New Orleans
Saints, leaving open the possibility he gets in some work in the
preseason finale against the Kansas City Chiefs.
"We'll probably look at it after New Orleans," LaFleur said. "So
don't ask me for a couple weeks."
--Field Level Media
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