The NFC North-leading Green Bay Packers would love to showcase how good they can be when all their top players are available and healthy.

Whether they’ll actually get that opportunity remains uncertain.

Green Bay (9-3) enters its long-awaited bye week with a 3½-game lead in its division and trailing only the Arizona Cardinals (9-2) in the race for the NFC’s top seed. The Packers would own the tiebreaker advantage because they won 24-21 at Arizona on Oct. 28.

They’re hoping this week off gives their long list of injured players a chance to recover.

The Packers aren’t far off the pace they established each of the past two seasons, when they went 13-3 and won division titles before losing in the NFC championship game. They’ve done that without having many of their most notable players.

David Bakhtiari, a 2020 All-Pro left tackle, hasn’t played since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Dec. 31. Outside linebacker and 2020 Pro Bowl selection Za’Darius Smith has been out since the season opener because of back trouble. Cornerback Jaire Alexander injured his right shoulder on Oct. 3 and hasn’t played since.

Offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins — a Pro Bowl pick in 2020 — and tight end Robert Tonyan have suffered season-ending knee injuries. Rookie center Josh Myers also has a knee injury.

Rodgers says he fractured a pinky toe while working out at home during his quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. The injury caused him to practice just once over the past two weeks, but it hasn’t impacted his production.

The reigning MVP threw for 307 yards with two touchdown passes and one touchdown run against the Rams, though coach Matt LaFleur noted that “he certainly was limping around a little bit, especially in the fourth quarter.”

That followed a 385-yard, four-touchdown performance in a 34-31 loss at Minnesota.

Randall Cobb didn’t play in the second half because of a groin injury. He had four catches for 95 yards and a touchdown in the first half. LaFleur didn’t have any update Monday on the severity of Cobb’s injury.

Green Bay’s defense bounced back from a poor performance at Minnesota and forced three turnovers that led to 16 points.

CB Rasul Douglas scored on a 33-yard interception return and had four passes defended. OLB Rashan Gary set up the game’s first touchdown by forcing a fumble on a sack to give the Packers first-and-goal at the 6. Gary, who was unavailable for the loss at Minnesota because of an elbow injury, has five sacks over his past five games. DT Kenny Clark had six tackles and a sack. WR Davante Adams has 15 catches for 219 yards over his past two games.

The Packers have three of their last five games at home, starting with a Dec. 12 matchup against the Chicago Bears.