The 28-year-old Cobb caught nine passes for 142 yards — including the game-winning 75-yard touchdown — in the Packers’ season-opening win over Chicago, and he has 17 receptions for 116 yards in the four games he’s played since. With Cobb’s contract set to expire after the season, Rodgers knows that the next five weeks will likely factor into whether Cobb returns for a ninth season in Green Bay.

“Like I said in the Giants playoff game in ’16, when he’s on the field, we’re a lot better team. That’s just a fact,” Rodgers said. “When he’s healthy, our offense is better, our passing game is better. That’s always been the case with him. So it’s been unfortunate that he hasn’t been out there.

“When you look at what’s happened with G-Mo not being able to play more than three games this year and Randall missing a bunch, it’s been tough. But it’s been tough personally as well to see him dealing with a nagging injury.”

Cobb had injury issues in 2015 and 2016 but was mostly healthy last year, when Rodgers missed nine games with a fractured right collarbone. The most recent time he was in a contract year was 2014, and he responded with a career year, catching 91 passes for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns, leading to a four-year, $40 million contract. This year has been a different story.