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GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers hinted late in the season that his troublesome left knee would need at least some form of minor surgery after he injured it in the first game of the year and spent the rest of the season dealing with pain and discomfort in it.

Turns out, Dr. Rodgers — he does have an honorary degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, remember — decided against surgery and took another approach to healing instead.

Speaking publicly for the first time since leaving the Green Bay Packers’ 31-0 season-ending loss to the Detroit Lions with a concussion, Rodgers said on the eve of Super Bowl LIII that he eschewed surgery and indicated his knee is back to 100 percent.

“I feel great. My body feels really good,” Rodgers said during a red-carpet interview with the NFL Network before the NFL Honors awards show Saturday evening, during which he was presented with the Moment of the Year Award by his Packers predecessor, Brett Favre.

Rodgers won the award for leading the Packers to 24-23 victory over the Chicago Bears in the Sept. 9 regular-season opener after trailing 20-0 and after Rodgers went to the locker room during the first half with what appeared to be a major knee injury. Rodgers came back after halftime and engineered the biggest comeback of his NFL career.