Thursday morning, Rodgers wouldn’t say exactly how many screws were inserted into the collarbone, joking, “It’s TV. Sometimes you exaggerate. And then sometimes, you tell the truth.”

Rodgers, who makes his offseason home in Southern California, has been staying in the Los Angeles area convalescing following surgery. In a text Thursday morning, he said he’s passing the time “reading ‘Into the Wild’ with my feet in the sand at the beach, recovering.” He said he’ll return to Green Bay on Monday, a day before his teammates return to practice on Tuesday.

The Packers return to game action on Nov. 6 against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on “Monday Night Football.”

The Packers put Rodgers on injured reserve on Oct. 20, although that doesn’t necessarily mean his season is over. NFL rules allow teams to bring back a maximum of two players from injured reserve during the season, but those players cannot practice for six weeks and cannot play in a game for eight weeks.

Rodgers has another four weeks to wait to practice and won’t be eligible to play in a game until the Packers’ Dec. 17 game at Carolina at the earliest. After that, the Packers close the season at home against the Vikings on Dec. 23 and at Detroit on Dec. 31.