Rodgers: Fractured toe 'should be 100%' for divisional round

While Aaron Rodgers has been able to play despite a fractured toe, the Green Bay Packers quarterback is hopeful he won't have to worry about the injury next week.

Rodgers fractured his toe in November. He has missed weeks of practice because of the ailment and initially had to get regular pain-killing injections to be able to play.

"I haven't taken (a pain-killing injection) in a number of weeks now, so that's been the most encouraging thing," Rodgers said Wednesday, according to ESPN's Rob Demovsky. " ... It was just a pretty standard shot in the toe, very painful, a numbing agent. That helped get me through the games. The whole goal was to be able to not have to do that.

"So I'm feeling good, practiced today, close to 100% but think I should be 100% by next week."

The Packers finished the regular season with an NFL-best 13-4 record, clinching a bye in the wild-card round for the third straight year.

Though the injury might have bothered Rodgers, it doesn't seem like it affected his play. The reigning NFL MVP passed for 4,115 yards and 37 touchdowns against only four interceptions this season to go along with a league-high 111.9 passer rating.

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