Aaron Rodgers, banged-up Packers ready for…

“Last week I tried to do some stuff on Friday, felt like we needed maybe a little jolt and that kind of impacted Sunday a little bit from a pain standpoint,” Rodgers said. “It definitely helped looking at the scans. The healing, kind of get to a better spot, so I’ve definitely felt better, but … there was definitely some pain I was dealing with.”

Rodgers went into Sunday knowing how much Green Bay needed this win over the Rams following last week’s 34-31 walk-off loss to the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Despite whatever pain he might have felt, Rodgers showed he was still fleet of foot when he ran a makeshift bootleg on third-and-goal from the Rams’ 1-yard line with 2 minutes, 11 seconds left in the first quarter.

Rodgers said he had the option to hand the ball off to AJ Dillon or throw depending on how LA lined up. With how hard the Rams’ line crashed, though, Rodgers pulled back from the draw to Dillon and rolled right. He used a pump-fake to throw off Jalen Ramsey and beat the All-Pro cornerback to the end zone.

It turned out to be a pivotal moment for the offense, which scored points on its next three possessions. The tone-setter was Green Bay’s second score, which began with a 27-yard pass to Randall Cobb, included a 43-yard pass to Davante Adams and ended with a 7-yard quick slant to Cobb for the score.

Adams knows the past two weeks have been tough for his quarterback but appreciates the way he’s handled himself in spite of the nagging injury.

“He’s not the type of guy to feel sorry for himself or talk too much about his injury either way,” said Adams of Rodgers. “Obviously you see him limping around, I know it’s nagging him, but it just shows the type of laser focus that he has to be able to, still feeling like that, go out there and have two back-to-back weeks playing like he did.”

Rodgers knows he isn’t alone in the injury boat, either. Running back Aaron Jones was limited to 10 carries Sunday after returning from a one-game absence with a knee injury, while Cobb left after his explosive second quarter with a groin injury.