MINNEAPOLIS -- Aaron Rodgers' ailing toe was so problematic in Sunday's last-second loss to the Minnesota Vikings that the Green Bay Packers quarterback actually left the field before the first half was over to head into the locker room.

Rodgers likely thought the Packers were not going to get the ball back, but when they did, Jordan Love took the final snap -- a kneel-down -- before halftime.

Rodgers still would not get into any more details about his toe, which apparently became an issue during his COVID-19 quarantine earlier this month, saying only that it's "a little worse than turf toe." And he doesn't think it's going to get any better without a week off. The Packers (8-3) have one more game, a key NFC matchup next Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams (7-3), before they finally get their bye in Week 13.

"I'm just going to have to get to the bye and hope I can get some healing over the bye week," Rodgers said. "Probably the same schedule next week. Was in a lot of pain. Went in at halftime early to get it checked out. It's very, very painful. Got stepped on the first half, and that kind of activated all the symptoms I was having. It's going to be another painful week and next week, and then hopefully start to feel a little better on the bye."

That likely means he won't practice much -- if at all -- in advance of the Rams game. Last week, his only time on the practice field came Friday in limited work, which could explain his slow start to Sunday's game.

Still, he managed a 385-yard, four-touchdown game, including a game-tying 75-yarder to Marquez Valdes-Scantling with 2:08 left in the game. And whatever treatment Rodgers got at halftime must have worked. He led touchdown drives on all three of the Packers' second-half possessions, including a pair to Davante Adams (seven catches for 115 yards). It was the start of the game that doomed them. Their first four drives finished field goal, punt, missed field goal, punt.

"I thought in the second half we finally started to get into a better rhythm," Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. "We started to be a little bit more aggressive, and our execution was on point. There was a lot of good within the game. Certainly, we'd like to finish a couple of those drives a little bit better."

While the Packers' defense couldn't come up with a stop after the Valdes-Scantling touchdown -- safety Darnell Savage dropped an interception on the ensuing play that would have given the ball back to Rodgers at his own 36-yard line with two minutes left -- the quarterback wouldn't put this one on a defense that couldn't stop Justin Jefferson (eight catches for 169 yards and two touchdowns).

"Our defense has been playing so good, some days have to outscore teams that get hot on offense," Rodgers said. "We had an opportunity to score 40 points today, and when you're playing an offense that's hot, that has a hot quarterback, and stud receivers and a stud back, you gotta keep scoring.

"We've had a couple games like this over the years, thinking about 2012 especially, where we gotta outscore them at their place. We didn't do that today. But I think for us personally on offense, we gotta to start faster. We gotta score touchdowns on those opening plays, so I know Matt will be looking at that this week and dial up some good stuff for L.A."

Five offensive line penalties didn't help the offense, either, but the Packers might have a bigger issue with that group. Left tackle Elgton Jenkins went down with a significant left knee injury early in the fourth quarter and was almost immediately ruled out. The Packers will find out Monday whether tests confirm a torn ACL. Jenkins, a Pro Bowl left guard last season, had been filling in for All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari, who still has not been cleared to return from last year's ACL injury.

CHICAGO -- Tyler Huntley found out he was going to start at quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday when he received a text from Lamar Jackson on his way to board the bus to Soldier Field.

"Go do your thing today. I'm going to be watching."

A few hours later, Huntley showed the football world that the Ravens can win without the 2019 NFL MVP, rallying Baltimore to an improbable 16-13 victory over the Chicago Bears. Huntley became the fourth quarterback over the past 30 seasons to record a game-winning drive in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter in his first career start, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

With Baltimore down 13-9, Huntley's 30-yard pass to Sammy Watkins set up the go-ahead, 3-yard touchdown run by Devonta Freeman with 22 seconds left in the game.

"I think if I was feeling the pressure, we probably wouldn't have won this game," Huntley said after the game. "You got to go with the flow about winning the game. We knew we had to go down there and score."

Jackson missed the third game of his four-year career because of congestion in his lungs, a source told ESPN. The Ravens had believed Jackson would play after he fully participated in Friday's practice, but all of the symptoms returned on Saturday.

On the flight to Chicago, Jackson was curled up in a ball in his seat and was feeling so sick that he didn't realize the plane had landed. He didn't attend any meetings Saturday night.

The Ravens were hoping that Jackson would improve by Sunday morning, but Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Jackson "felt worse."

Harbaugh doesn't believe this illness will sideline Jackson long term.

"There's no influenza, there's no COVID," he said. "I don't know. I'm sure if it doesn't clear up, they'll keep testing him, but you got to think that it's going to clear up. We'll pray for that."

Jackson was the first player to congratulate Huntley when he walked into the locker room.

With the Titans and Bills losing, the Ravens remain in the hunt for the AFC's top seed. Baltimore (7-3) moved within a half-game of Tennessee (8-3) for the top spot in the conference because it found a way to win without Jackson, who had accounted for 82.8% of its offense (3,086 of 3,727 yards) this season.

"A lot of times, when you think of the Baltimore Ravens, you think Lamar Jackson, because he's done so much for us," Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. "But man, it was really special to see [Huntley] step up, a couple of guys on defense step up. Just all around, it seems like we didn't really flinch."

Huntley, who went undrafted out of Utah in 2019, completed 26 of 36 passes (72%) even though the Bears came after him. He was blitzed on 28 of 44 dropbacks (64%), which is the highest blitz rate by a team this season.

"I know everyone around our facility, this organization knows how good that he is," Ravens tight end Mark Andrews said. "And when he gets his opportunity -- which he did [Sunday] -- that he was going to perform and shine. But it's awesome for the world to see. It's a coming-out party for him, and I can't be more excited about it."

The Ravens became the fourth team in the past 40 seasons to record five or more fourth-quarter comeback wins in their first 10 games. This time, it wasn't because of a magical play by Jackson. It was the heroics of Huntley, who watched 13 quarterbacks get drafted over him in 2020.

Huntley is going to frame his game ball with his jersey.

"Me sitting back where I was, waiting on the call for the draft or whatnot, it just felt like I would never get to this point," Huntley said. "I'm here. So, I'm blessed."

SEATTLE -- Another disappointing loss has left Seahawks coach Pete Carroll more frustrated than he has ever been in 10-plus seasons in Seattle. He admitted as much Sunday after cutting his news conference short before returning later to answer more questions.

The odd postgame scene followed Seattle's 23-13 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at Lumen Field. The defeat dropped the Seahawks to 3-7, marking the first time since 2011 and only the second time in Carroll's tenure that they've been four games under .500.

"I'm just not any good at this," Carroll said of handling this level of losing. "I'm not prepared for this. I'm struggling to do a good job of coaching when you're getting your butt kicked week in and week out. It's new territory, and I'm competing in every way I can think of. But I'm just unfamiliar with it. So if I leave early or if I make a mistake, I'm not on my best game right here ... I'm not making any excuses. And I don't want to get good at this."

Facing an NFC West-leading Cardinals team without injured quarterback Kyler Murray or receiver DeAndre Hopkins represented a golden opportunity for the Seahawks to breathe some life into their dwindling hopes of making the playoffs for the ninth time in 10 seasons. Instead, they allowed 328 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns to backup Colt McCoy while Russell Wilson and their offense struggled for the second week in a row since his return from finger surgery.

Carroll began his postgame news conference without his usual opening statement, saying, "I don't have a lot to tell you" before inviting questions. He then left about eight minutes in, saying, "I'm really done. I'm done," and continued to walk off as a reporter was beginning another question.

Carroll later returned wearing street clothes and apologized for his early exit. But he was just as mystified in his second trip to the podium as his first one as to why Seattle's offense has been so ineffective, especially on third down.

"It's really surprising now that we're back a couple weeks with Russ back in there that we had such a hard time scoring and moving the football," he said. "The running game was pretty efficient. But it came down to we were 1-for-5 in the first half (on third down). The hard part of it is that this is what it's been like and it hasn't gotten better. We have to improve and find our ways."

After suffering their first shutout loss of the Wilson era last week in Green Bay, the Seahawks managed only 266 yards of offense and went 2-of-10 on third down against Arizona. Wilson was 0-for-6 on third and fourth downs Sunday. He had previously never finished worse than 0-for-4 on third or fourth down, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

Wilson has now gone without a touchdown pass in consecutive games for just the third time in his career, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The Seahawks' only touchdown Sunday came on a 2-yard DeeJay Dallas run midway through the fourth, snapping a streak of seven straight quarters without finding the end zone. Seattle rushed for 86 yards on 19 attempts.

Entering Sunday, Seattle had the NFL's third-worst conversation rate on third down at 33.7%.

"We had a few third-and-longs," Wilson said. "They made a couple of good plays. ... I think the biggest thing for us is that we just have to find ways. Third down is always about making plays and finding a way. I think that's what it really is. We've got to figure out what that is and figure out how to do it."

Wilson said his surgically repaired right middle finger wasn't an issue in his first game since Oct. 8 surgery and that it continued to feel fine last week. On Sunday, he shot down the idea that he's rusty after his rehab kept him out of practice for a month. He pointed to his deep ball -- Wilson hit Tyler Lockett for a 48-yard gain to set up Seattle's lone touchdown -- as evidence.

"The ball is coming out of my hand just fine," he said. "... I'm not going to make any excuses. I'm not an excuse kind of guy."

The Seahawks lost to McCoy last season when he quarterbacked the New York Giants to a 17-12 win in Seattle while filling in for Daniel Jones. McCoy managed his way to that victory while completing 13 passes for 105 yards. On Sunday, he carried much more of the offensive load while completing 35 of 44 attempts and did most of his damage on underneath throws.

Arizona went 7-of-14 on third down, a bugaboo for Seattle's defense earlier this season before it improved in that regard during its recent resurgence.

"When 10 guys do their job and one doesn't, bad plays can happen," said safety Jamal Adams.

The Seahawks play the Washington Football Team at FedExField next Monday.

"I feel like we're going to win next week and we're going to play a great game on the East Coast and come on back here and get ready for the next one," Carroll said. "I don't have any other thought in my mind. I'm just disappointed that I've got to keep coming back in here and talk about the same stuff and don't feel like I have good answers for you. Because our answers so far have not turned it. ... It starts with me. I've got to get this done, and I've got to help my guys get it done."

Wilson was asked how the Seahawks' 3-7 start will impact his future given the way he voiced his frustration this past offseason, a public airing of grievances that led both the quarterback and the organization to flirt with the idea of moving on from each other.

"It doesn't impact any of my thoughts at all," he said. "All I think about is right now what we're going to do and how we're going to do it. I love this team. I love this organization. I love being here. Like I said, I like the challenge. I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a great story."

LOS ANGELES -- LA Clippers forward Nicolas Batum missed Sunday's game and could be out for the next several days while in the league's health and safety protocols.

Batum was set to play before being ruled out not long before tipoff of the Clippers' 97-91 win over the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers initially said the veteran was out because of illness before updating it and saying Batum was in the health and safety protocols.

Batum could miss multiple games. The Clippers are in a six-game homestand with the second game during that stretch against Dallas again on Tuesday.

"I'm not sure the days, but I expect him to be out for [a while]," Clippers head coach Ty Lue said. "I'm not sure the timetable, though."

Lue said the Clippers are taking as many precautions as possible.

"Everyone is getting tested and a lot of guys got tested before the game," Lue said of guarding against players entering the health and safety protocols. "So just gotta see what the results are, but it's gonna happen. Last year, we did a good job of staying away from that, but it's been something that's gonna hit everyone at some point in time. Just gotta be smart about it and make sure everyone's safe."

The Clippers have had to deal with multiple injuries this season. Kawhi Leonard is out indefinitely as he makes his way back from surgery to repair his right ACL. Marcus Morris Sr. (left knee injury) and rookie Jason Preston (right foot surgery) have been out. And veteran center Serge Ibaka just rejoined the team on Sunday after a stint in the G League as he makes his way back from back surgery.

Batum started this season strong, averaging 9.8 points and 5.5 rebounds. He missed one game last Thursday at Memphis due to an Achilles injury before returning to play against New Orleans on Friday.

"It has been [a lot of injuries], but a lot of teams are going through it, it's not just us," Lue said. "We gotta continue to weather the storm. I think our guys are doing a great job."

Phoenix Suns big man Frank Kaminsky has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right knee and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Sunday.

Kaminsky had missed the last two games after logging just under four minutes in the Suns' victory over Minnesota last week.

A key depth piece for the Suns, Kaminsky had played well during Deandre Ayton's absence earlier this season, including a career-high 31-point performance in a win over the Trail Blazers on Nov. 10.

Kaminsky is averaging 10.6 points per game on 54.5% from the field to go along with 4.6 rebounds per game this season.

DETROIT -- LeBron James was ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers' 121-116 win over the Pistons on Sunday for striking Detroit big man Isaiah Stewart in the face while jostling for rebounding position.

The hit led to a stoppage in action while Stewart, with blood coming down his face, had to be held back multiple times by Detroit personnel as he tried to confront James. The incident occurred with 9:18 remaining in the third quarter and the Lakers trailing 79-67.

Stewart was initially whistled for a loose ball foul on the play. Following an official review, James was assessed a flagrant foul 2 and ejected, Stewart was assessed two technical fouls and ejected and Lakers guard Russell Westbrook was called for a technical foul.

Joe Salisbury missed out on becoming the first Briton to win the ATP Finals doubles title after defeat in Sunday's final alongside American Rajeev Ram.

They could not recover from a fast start from Mahut and Herbert, who maintained a high level throughout.

The third seeds, also champions in 2019, played superbly in the tie-break to end any hope for Salisbury and Ram.

Despite the obvious disappointment of not landing their first ATP Finals title, Salisbury and Ram reflected on another successful season in which they won their second major title together at the US Open.

"It has been a great year for us and we are proud of what we have achieved," said 29-year-old Salisbury.

Andy Murray, who won the 2016 singles title, remains the only British player to triumph at the year-end event.

After Sunday's victory, Mahut signed the television camera with the message "Where is Peng Shuai?" in reference to the Chinese player who disappeared from the public eye for almost three weeks after she made sexual assault allegations against a senior Chinese minister.

In the singles, German third seed Alexander Zverev beat Russian defending champion Daniil Medvedev to win the title for a second time.