"You know he's laying it on the line. I don't expect any less," left guard Lane Taylor said. "He's out there. He's going to compete. He's a warrior. He's proven it on multiple occasions that he's going to give you everything he can."

Taylor said the mindset of the offensive line didn't change in light of Rodgers' injury. The unit has to do its job regardless of whether Rodgers is "100 percent, 90 percent or 10 percent."

As for how the game unfolded, Taylor believes there was value in Rodgers' 7-yard run in the first quarter because it showed the Vikings' defense he wasn't going to be just a sitting duck in the pocket.

It's also something Washington and every defense coming up on the Packers' schedule must account for, with Rodgers still sitting inside the top five for NFL passer rating (111.3) through the first two weeks of the regular season.

Rodgers certainly doesn't need to prove anything to the Packers' locker room at this point in his career, but Sunday's performance did add another to chapter to his growing legend.

Having previously played through calf and hamstring injuries in recent years, Rodgers returned on the early side of his timeline for a broken collarbone last year and is toughing it out for the Packers once again.