All last week, Aaron Rodgers was nursing a sore shoulder that, by most accounts, threatened to keep him out of Sunday's contest with the Falcons. He was listed as questionable and declared a game-time decision. Rodgers wound up passing for 313 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. A shoulder injury, and the compounded effects of 16 sacks in the first four games, limited Ben Roethlisberger in practice last week. He received a pain-killing injection in his arm Thursday while backup Byron Leftwich took the majority of the snaps in preparation for the Jaguars. But Big Ben sucked it up, suited up and completed 26 of 41 passes for 309 yards and a trio of touchdowns, including the game-winner with 1:58 left on the clock. Amazingly, Rodgers and Roethlisberger were the top two fantasy passers of the day. Only Kyle Orton -- yes, Kyle...
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