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Rodgers returns to practice; Thu. start uncertain

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers returned to practice on Monday after skipping last week's preseason game in Baltimore and the practice that immediately followed because of tightness in his back, something he's rarely -- if ever -- been bothered by in the past.

That doesn't necessarily mean the Green Bay Packers quarterback will play in Thursday's preseason game against the Oakland Raiders in Winnipeg -- or at all before the Sept. 5 regular-season opener against the Chicago Bears.

Rodgers said after the one-hour and 57-minute padded practice that he "felt pretty good," and coach Matt LaFleur said Rodgers "looked pretty good today to me.