CHICAGO -- Mike Tomlin expects Aaron Rodgers to be ready for next week's game against the Buffalo Bills , the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach said Sunday after his team fell to the Chicago Bears with Mason Rudolph starting at quarterback.

Rodgers, who fractured his left wrist against the Cincinnati Bengals a week ago, was not active against the Bears and did not serve as the emergency third quarterback.

"I anticipate him being ready for next week," Tomlin said after the 31-28 loss. "It was a prudent decision to make. Certainly it wasn't a fluid week for him, it was a fluid week for Mason in terms of reps and so forth, and so I think it'll be in our rear view as we move forward. I'm hopeful of that."

On Tuesday, though, Tomlin suggested that Rodgers didn't need to practice in

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