UPDATE: Aaron Rodgers suffered a broken collar bone today, as announced by the team, and he could miss the rest of the season. An obvious and significant blow to the Packers (and the attention in the league as a whole), the implications of which we’ll have to dig into soon. The original post follows.
As we watch Sunday’s Bears-Ravens game, some potentially significant injury news from around the NFC North has rolled in:
Aaron Rodgers walks off. Brett Hundley enters the game at quarterback #GBvsMIN
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 15, 2017
Aaron Rodgers is being carted to the locker room #GBvsMIN
— Wes Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) October 15, 2017
Aaron Rodgers has a right shoulder injury, his return is questionable. #GBvsMIN
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 15, 2017
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers exited Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings after landing hard on his throwing shoulder after a hard hit from linebacker Anthony Barr. No flag was thrown on the play and backup Brett Hundley has taken over for Rodgers.
Here is what the play looked like:
The #Packers Aaron Rodgers injury who is in the medical tent pic.twitter.com/AI9V8lVAEm
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 15, 2017
While our focus is on the Bears, we’ll keep an eye on any updates regarding Rodgers’ health as they come.
UPDATE: Early rumors are looking mighty scary for Packers fans:
Jay Glazer said the "fear" is Aaron Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone.
— Raymond Summerlin (@RMSummerlin) October 15, 2017
Obviously a broken collar bone would be a terrible outcome for the Packers/football in general, but we’ll hold back further analysis until things are more certain.