Under league protocol, if Rodgers tests positive and is unvaccinated, he must quarantine for a minimum of 10 days and cannot return until Nov.
Rodgers, 37, had an alternate treatment prior to the start of training camp, sources told ESPN, and he then petitioned the NFL for that treatment to allow him to be considered the same as someone who received one of the approved vaccinations.
Sources said Rodgers follows masking protocols while interacting with players and coaches inside the team’s headquarters at Lambeau Field.
“You know, there’s a lot of conversation around it, around the league, and a lot of guys who have made statements and not made statements, owners who have made statements,” Rodgers said at the time.
He later added: “I think I like to learn about everything that I’m doing, and there was a lot of research that even went into that.
“It’s definitely disappointing,” Mahomes said about not facing off against Rodgers on Sunday.
“I can only speak to our football space, but yeah, absolutely.
Certainly the majority of his reps have taken place on the scout team, but that’s something that we try to, when we’re doing those scout teams in practice, you try to take whatever’s on the card or whatever play that they’re running and put it into our terms to help the development process.
However, after the news of Rodgers’ positive test, the Chiefs are now 8-point favorites with a total of 48 points scored, down from what had been 55 points as of Sunday.