Rodgers concerned knee issue will get worse

Even though Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers doesn't need to be at his best to give opposing defenses headaches, it's possible that he won't be in top form at any point this season.

Rodgers suffered a knee injury during Week 1's victory over the Chicago Bears and played Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings with a brace.

Asked whether the injury would get worse if he continues to play on it, Rodgers sounded mildly worried.

"Yeah, obviously that's a concern," Rodgers said Wednesday, according to ESPN's Rob Demovsky. "Hopefully it goes the other way though."

Rodgers will rehab his left knee leading up to Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins.

"Obviously it won't be 100 percent, so I'll just adjust accordingly to how I'm feeling and try to get through," he said.

"It just depends on how the week goes with the rehab and the recovery. Obviously, I'd love to be better than I was last week as far as health-wise but there's some factors that are out of my control."

Rodgers hasn't seemed that much worse for wear since suffering the injury, engineering a dramatic comeback win over the Bears in Week 1 and completing 71.4 percent of his passes for 281 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's tie against the Vikings. That may not be enough to help Packers fans rest easy.