GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Despite not making a single throw in practice this week, quarterback Aaron Rodgers is prepared to start for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Seattle.

"Dr. (Pat) McKenzie in his evaluation this morning felt it was best for Aaron not to throw today. That's why his practice reps were limited," McCarthy said. "He'll be ready to go Sunday."

The Packers listed Rodgers as probable on their injury report.

Rodgers made only a few throws in practice last week after suffering the injury Sept. 28 at Tampa Bay.

The first-year starter was cleared to play last Sunday a few hours before the Packers' home game against Atlanta and had one of his top performances this season. Rodgers completed 25-of-37 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns with one interception in Green Bay's 27-24 loss.

"I feel like I'm going to be able to be good for Sunday," Rodgers said Friday. "I would've liked to do a little throwing, but I did as much as I could (in practice) with the run game and took the mental reps. I feel good about the game plan and my preparation."

The extent of Rodgers' participation in practice the last few days was taking snaps in the jog-through portion at the outset and handing off to a running back or dropping back on a pass play but not making the throw.

Rookie backups Matt Flynn and Brian Brohm handled the practice reps in live drills, leaving Rodgers to stand back and visualize each play. Rodgers said the shoulder felt better than a week ago Friday, though he hasn't regained full strength.

• Hasselbeck likely out for Seattle: Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck served as spectator all week during practice. He'll likely reprise that role Sunday for the Seahawks (1-3).

Hasselbeck's sore right knee hasn't received clearance to play against Green Bay, meaning that Charlie Frye will likely be the starter against the Packers, coach Mike Holmgren said after practice Friday.

• 3 Dolphins fined for celebrating: Ronnie Brown and two Miami Dolphins teammates were fined $10,000 each by the NFL for excessive celebrating. After Brown scored a touchdown Sunday against San Diego, he performed a dance shuffle in the end zone with offensive linemen Vernon Carey and Ikechuku Ndukwe. Choreographed celebrations by two or more players aren't permitted, league spokesman Corry Rush said.

• NFL fines 3 Vikings for actions in Saints win: The NFL fined Antoine Winfield $10,000 for his celebration of a touchdown on Monday night against the Saints. Winfield returned a blocked field goal for a score, then jumped onto the goalpost and slid down it like a fire pole. He was flagged for excessive celebration and fined for using the goalpost as a prop. Linebacker Chad Greenway was fined $7,500 for his facemask pull of Reggie Bush even though referee Ed Hochuli's crew did not flag him for a penalty. Receiver Robert Ferguson was fined $5,000 for a late hit on a punt return.

• Baby Mangini gets middle name Brett after Jets QB:There's a new Brett in Eric Mangini's life.

Zack Brett Mangini was born early Friday -- also Brett Favre's 39th birthday -- and the New York Jets coach and his wife, Julie, gave their third son a middle name fit for an iconic, gunslinging quarterback.

"I think he thinks it's pretty cool," Mangini said of Favre. "I think the more interesting, ironic, I don't know what word you'd use, is the fact he was born on Brett's birthday."

The newest member of the Mangini family was born at 7:43 a.m., weighing in at 7 pounds and 13 ounces and was 20 inches long with "very, very healthy lungs." A beaming Mangini, wearing a hospital bracelet around his left wrist, said the baby and his wife were "happy, healthy, so we're all excited."

Mangini committed to using the middle name, Brett, when he and the Jets were trying to get Favre to come to New York in the summer.

"The odds of the child being born on the same day as my birthday, I don't know what the odds are," Favre said. "He told me that today was the day and I asked, 'Well, is he still going to be Brett?' He said, 'Yeah, Zack Brett.' ... The odds, in some respects, are a lot like me. What were the odds of me ever coming to the Jets?

"It is a pretty cool thing."

• SD-based Pony bucks Bolts in favor of Moss: Executives at San Diego-based Pony will put business before loyalty when the shoe company's top NFL pitchman, wide receiver Randy Moss of the New England Patriots, faces the hometown Chargers on Sunday night.

Pony launched a "Can You Moss?" campaign at the start of the season using the enigmatic wide receiver, who caught an NFL-record 23 touchdown passes last season and helped the Patriots reach the Super Bowl.

The Patriots and Chargers renew an intense rivalry that has seen New England eliminate San Diego from the playoffs the last two seasons, including a 21-12 victory in the AFC championship game in January.

Pony employees plan to pass out Moss posters to tailgaters in Qualcomm Stadium's parking lot.

"Obviously you live in San Diego, you have a soft spot for all the sports here, but I think it's like 90-10 we're pulling for Moss and trying to have some fun with it," said Kevin Wulff, Pony's president and CEO. "Hopefully we won't get booed or have things thrown at us."

Moss wears a pair of white Pony cleats. Because of NFL licensing rules, there's no visible logo.

Wulff heads a management team that relaunched Pony last year. Looking for a pitchman with an edge, it turned to Moss, who had been traded from the Oakland Raiders to the Patriots.

"When we first called Randy, the first thing he said was 'If you were rockin' Ponys when I grew up, it meant you were doing something,"' Wulff said. "He was a Pony kind of guy, we're making a comeback, he was hopefully going to make a comeback with New England when we started the conversation. We both kind of got back in the game at the same time."

The "Can You Moss?" campaign grew out of videos on YouTube that played on the phrase "You got Mossed."

Moss was a loose cannon before joining the Patriots, making news as much for his foibles as his feats. After he was traded from the Raiders to the Patriots during the weekend of the 2007 draft, he shed his reputation as a selfish player who took plays off when the ball wasn't thrown to him.