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The Steelers don't expect quarterback Aaron Rodgers to miss another game with his fractured left wrist.

Rodgers was listed as questionable to play after returning for limited practices on Thursday and Friday. Head coach Mike Tomlin told CBS that Rodgers would miss the game a couple of hours before kickoff and said after the Steelers' 31-28 loss to the Bears that he made the decision to go with Mason Rudolph on Saturday.

Tomlin also said at his press conference that he thinks Rodgers will be ready to play against the Bills next Sunday.

"I anticipate him being ready for next week," Tomlin said. "It was a prudent decision to make. Certainly it was a fluid week for him, a fluid week for Mason in terms of reps and so forth. I think it’ll be in our rear view as we move forward. I’m hopeful of that."

Thanks to the loss and the Ravens' win, the Steelers are now out of first place in the AFC North. We'll see if Rodgers' return to action can nudge them back ahead of Baltimore before the year is out.

Two questionable officiating calls resulted in Jalen Hurts' 7-yard touchdown run.

The Eagles went three-and-out on their second possession, and Braden Mann punted the ball away. Ryan Flournoy was called for roughing the kicker, though it appeared he tipped the punt. That would have negated the penalty.

Instead, the Eagles took advantage of their first down, 15 yards and new life.

They drove 76 yards in 12 plays, though it could have been 11 plays.

A.J. Brown caught what was ruled a 7-yard touchdown, which would have been his second of the day. He took two steps and reached out and touched the ball to the pylon before losing it out of bounds.

Expedited replay overturned it to an incompletion.

Hurts then took it into the end zone himself on the next play.

The Eagles lead 14-0 after one quarter.

Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers likes to say he owns the Bears. On Sunday, he'll be leasing them to Mason Rudolph.

Via multiple reports — which may or may not have followed coach Mike Tomlin saying it to Evan Washburn of CBS — Rodgers will not play on Sunday, due to the fractured wrist he suffered seven days ago against the Bengals.

Mason Rudolph gets the start for the 6-4 Steelers against the 7-3 Bears.

Rodgers had been pushing to play, obviously. He wanted to keep playing after the injury happened, late in the first half of the Week 11 game. He surely wanted to go in what would have been his last game ever at Soldier Field. Rodgers has been nudged to the sideline instead.

As mentioned earlier, maybe it means he'll be out for several weeks. Maybe it means the Steelers feel better with Rudolph at 100 percent versus Rodgers at something less than that.

The question now becomes whether we'll see Rodgers against the Bills next Sunday and/or the following Sunday in Baltimore, or whether Rudolph (who gave the Bills a run for their money in a 2023 playoff game) will keep going. One key factor will be whether Rudolph can deliver a win in the Windy City later today.