Aaron Rodgers Was Hurt Last Season

by Brandon on May 15, 2010 4:52 PM CDT in Green Bay Packers News

How many injuries did Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers play through in 2009 and how many weren't fully disclosed? That's the gist of this article from Pro Football Talk. Mike Florio has often pointed out when NFL teams aren't providing full disclosure about their weekly injury reports, such as this unreported finger injury suffered by QB Tom Brady last season. I'm sure NFL teams aren't giving full disclosure on their injury reports, but this shouldn't include Rodgers.

I wasn't surprise when he talked about his "substantial foot injuries" from last season. It started appearing on the injury reports in early November and he missed practice because of it. The reports tapered off as the season went on, but injuries do heal eventually. He discussed a left shoulder injury, but he wasn't specific about how serious it was or when exactly it happened. It was known all season that he was banged up, and he was obviously hurting after he spent the first few weeks running for his life behind their makeshift offensive line. I'm sure he didn't fully disclose everything that was less than 100% each week, but I knew about the injuries to both of his feet and that was the most significant injury he had last season.

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Injuries heal in the offseason.

If I see a guy getting certain kinds of injuries, I just assume they’re going to bother him all year long.

As for the injury report, who really cares except the gamblers, and who cares about them? “oh, I wouldn’t have bet on such and such a team if I knew their guy was hurt!” Sure, buddy. You’d have lost it at the track instead.

by Curly Lambeau on May 15, 2010 9:06 PM CDT reply actions

The track part is probably true...

But it speaks to Rodgers’ toughness that he stayed in, doesn’t it? Do we have a 2nd Iron Man QB?

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 15, 2010 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Wouldn't that be something

if we have only two starting quarterbacks in 30+ years?

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by NorthStarr on May 15, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully, AR won't have a Brett Farve 2005. Oh wait, that was 2008? Never mind.

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 15, 2010 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Can someone please explain why teams must disclose this information at all?

The only people I can see benefiting from this information are gamblers, fantasy football players, and the upcoming opposition. I understand that FF players and gamblers have historically helped the NFL’s popularity, but is that bump now so large that they need to be coddled?

This is a serious question – I just have never seen the utility of a league-mandated public injury report. Can anyone explain it to me?

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by Clutch16 on May 16, 2010 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions