Aaron Rodgers will start in Chicago on Sunday

Aaron Rodgers has 15 touchdown passes and four INTs this season. (Leon Halip/Getty Images) Aaron Rodgers, who hasn't played since breaking his collarbone on

Aaron Rodgers has 15 touchdown passes and four INTs this season. (Leon Halip/Getty Images)

Aaron Rodgers, who hasn't played since breaking his collarbone on Nov. 4, will start in Chicago on Sunday as the Packers (7-7-1) play for the NFC North title against the Bears (8-7), Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy announced at his Thursday afternoon press conference.

Speculation ramped up that Rodgers would be available after he took first-team reps in individual drills during Thursday's practice.

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Rodgers threw 15 touchdown passes and four interceptions before he got hurt, and his 108.0 passer rating was the same mark he finished the 2012 season with.

The Packers are 2-5-1 since Rodgers' injury.

Mike McCarthy: “Any football player that plays Sunday will have risk. We’ve done our due diligence. We feel it’s time for Aaron to play”

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 26, 2013