I totally agree. I think it's ridiculous to say he just needed to handle the pain and he couldn't damage it anymore. Pain is a way of telling us that something isn't right and masking the pain can lead to further damage.
True. But the alternative, is we get beat by the lions, lose the north, and Rodgers gets one week to prepare for a wild card game. Recipe for 1 and done. Rodgers could have come back in and injured it again, finishing his year... same result. So why not try?
And lets not act like the training staff pinned him down and shot him up before they kicked him back onto the field... Rodgers probabally said, "give me something to take the edge off"... He wasnt out there numb from the hip down, just hoping he doesnt wake up with a calf torn up. He shot up the pain, and probabally got some heat on it. Managed to come out with perfect execution to protect it, and win the game.
I guarantee Rodgers wont be the one to sit back and say, sorry everyone. The magical season is over, because I need to save myself for next year... I MIGHT tear my calf muscle........ Ummmmmmm. At this point. This close to the promised land. You run it til the wheels fall off... Its a muscle. Now if it was a blown ligament like RG3, I dont think anyone would risk shortening his career for a chance to go farther...