Josh Jones: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 'a magician'

Green Bay Packers safety Josh Jones co-hosted Monday's Clubhouse Live, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin’s live weekly football show. Packers running back Ty Montgomery was Jones' guest.

Among the topics they touched on were injuries, Aaron Rodgers' ability to play at a high level while dealing with a knee injury, beating the Chicago Bears and battling adversity. The show can be seen live at The Clubhouse Sports Pub & Grill in downtown Appleton or at clubhouselive.com.

Here are select and edited answers from the interview:

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Q: You're dealing with an ankle injury that prevented you from playing in Sunday's game against Chicago. How serious is the injury? And when do you expect to be back on the field?

Jones: Give it some time. It'll get right soon. I'll be back sooner than later. ... So much stuff we do - practice, games. It just happens. Injuries happen. ... Being on the sideline makes you way more nervous than in the game. Like in the game, you ain't got time to be nervous and scared when it's crunch time like that. But just being on the sideline, that's tough. ... I'm feeling better than I was last week at this time, so that's a good sign.

Q: Did you see Aaron Rodgers in the locker room at halftime? Did you have any idea he'd be able to return to the game?

Jones: I saw him at halftime, and I just saw the look on his face. When a person has that type of look on his face, you know that they're on a mission. Nothing was going to stop him from coming out and getting the win. He said, 'Let's go,' and then he went out there and did what he did. I don't really have too many words for that guy, man. It's crazy what he does. The guy's a magician. And we see it every day in practice. We see it more than you guys. But it's crazy.

Q: You trailed 17-0 at the half, Rodgers is knocked out of the game - albeit briefly - with a knee injury, and you're down 20-0 with a little over nine minutes remaining in the third quarter. And then Rodgers directs three fourth-quarter touchdown drives and leads the Packers to a wild 24-23 victory over the NFC North rival Bears. Have you ever been a part of game quite like that?

Montgomery: I don't know if I've ever been a part of anything like that. ... That was intense. That was crazy. That was an emotional roller coaster. On the field, you could feel the energy just die. Once 'A-Rod' went down, it's like, 'Oh, man. We're Packers fans, but really, we're just Aaron Rodgers fans.' So when he goes down, they're like, 'The team sucks.' It's like, 'Oh, gosh. Here we go.' And I'm like, 'Let's get this energy going. We're a team, and we're going to win.'

And then it was just amazing when (Rodgers) comes back out. And I'm saying all this in a good way. He comes back out, and then the energy picks back up and we're going back up on that roller coaster again. Obviously, 'A-Rod' is going to do what he's going to do. ... It was awesome. The atmosphere was crazy. The energy came back. And I was just thankful to just be a part of that. I just think it shows what kind of team we have this year.

Q: How will Sunday's come-from-behind win benefit the team moving forward?

Jones: Obviously, that just shows guys in the locker room that we can do it (when) we get in that situation. We've got 15 more games in the regular season, so when we get in that situation in any one of these weeks going forward, that we can get out of it. That no lead is too big for us to come back from. That we've got the guys. That we've got the willpower and the heart to go out there and just get the job done.