NOVEMBER 27: Rodgers’ official diagnosis is an avulsion fracture, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com writes. Such an injury occurs when extreme force causes a ligament to rip away from its attachment and takes bone with it. Surgery is almost always the solution to an avulsion fracture, but as noted below, Rodgers is not considering surgery at this point, preferring to wait until after the season is over.
However, Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com suggests that if the Packers should lose to the Eagles in Week 12 and fall to 4-8, the team could place Rodgers on IR for the remainder of the campaign (Twitter link). That would allow him to get the surgery he apparently needs sooner rather than later, and it would give 2020 first-rounder Jordan Love the first extended action of his pro career.
NOVEMBER 23: Aaron Rodgers has seen the Packers struggle considerably on offense this year, and has been dealing with a notable injury for much of the campaign. He confirmed on Wednesday that he has been playing with a broken right thumb since Week 5 (Twitter link via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic). 
The reigning MVP suffered the injury on the final play of Green Bay’s loss to the Giants in London. He has since continued without giving thought to missing time to let the thumb heal. Rodgers also stated that surgery is not being considered at this time or even after the campaign is over. That contrasts with Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, who missed five games after having his right thumb surgically repaired.
Rodgers indicated that he has dealt with other, more severe finger injuries over the course of his college and NFL careers. Still, the fact that it is his throwing hand which is affected is noteworthy as he continues to guide a passing attack which has been unable to find a rhythm or consistency in 2022. The four-time All-Pro insisted, however, that the injury has not been responsible for a drop in performance.
Rodgers has seen a regression across the board statistically this year, particularly compared to his MVP-winning campaigns of the past two seasons. That has been a result of a number of factors, of course, from underwhelming offensive line play to the development of the team’s highly inexperienced receiving corps. The latter will reportedly play a significant role in determining when Rodgers, 39 next month, decides to retire.
Signed to another big-money deal this past offseason – essentially a three-year, $150MM accord – Rodgers is the first and only NFL player to average more than $50MM per season. That has opened him up to increased criticism as Green Bay drifts further away from playoff contention. In the immediate future, at least, he said the added time off by virtue of playing last Thursday has helped his thumb feel better. Whether it will be enough to allow Green Bay to pull off an upset in Philadelphia will remain to be seen until Sunday.
He must of sat down
Needs to stop hitchhiking.
And a broken ego. What an egoat.
Why not come right out and say so instead of trashing your WR group for over a month first? I like this guy and he’s a legendary talent but geez man get your story straight.
Both can true. The Packers’ wideouts are extremely underwhelming, and Rodgers did make the problem worse by refusing to work with them over the offseason and by talking so much to outside media about the lack of production.
Both can be true. He can have a broken thumb and his WR can suck at the same time.
The receivers are hot garbage man. Watching these games every week with multiple drops with 2 hands on the ball.
He’s playing with a broken thumb and still having a very good year, now if only his WR’s can stay healthy and be consistent
It would probably heal faster if he stopped playing with it.
I have to say that I agree. I do not see the benefit of Rodgers continuing to play right now if his thumb is messed up. He’ll just be risking further injury for worse production.
All of that is true, but full disclosure, I was making a dad joke.
Fair, and kudos. I’m a little stupid.
Hey, the joke was pretty stupid. Happy Thanksgiving!
It was funny. I slipped up, and it cost me and the team. I fumbled that like Melvin Gordon on the goal line. It won’t happen again coach.
Happy Thanksgiving.
He prolly shoulda left money on the table for Adam’s, nice making bucko bucks, sucks losing. He’ll never reach the host conversation.
Goat* godang spell check
Why is it so hard for people to grasp that a) GB actually offered MORE than the Raiders did for Adams, and b) Adams made it pretty clear to the FO he didn’t want to be there anymore?
People are stupid and lack critical thinking. They like to hear a narrative and run with it cause it fits their beliefs.
No chance at that anyway
Packers offered more than the Raiders. This is a fact. Has zero to do with Rodgers.
Was that “offer” before or after Rodgers demanded the huge, overpaying contract? I would bet it was before Rodgers ego contract made it impossible to sign Adams. Rodgers it destroying the Packers snd their management is just letting it happen. I am enjoying seeing GB go down the toilet.
I don’t know when the initial offer was made, but I’m sure it was on the table right up til they traded Adams. And it was possible to sign him even after Rodgers inked his deal. They signed or extended other players with the money earmarked for Adams.
It’s funny you put quotes around the word offer as if it’s just a rumor, but you seem to know Rodgers demanded the contract he signed and management basically sat and watched him write it up himself.
Yeah, extending players is normal for all teams. So they used the Adams money to do those extensions? Why couldn’t they get decent players? Rodgers might as well have written his own contract. All his other demands were met by Packers “management”.
Enjoy the next few decades of losing Packer football. Hope you didn’t invest in any Packer “stock”. Not like you will see any return on it anyway.
They extended Alexander. Rumor is he’s pretty decent. As for the rest, I don’t recall anymore which ones were done post-trade. I’m sure you’re smart enough to use Google and figure out the entire time-line.
If management met all of his demands, why did they still not draft a wr in the 1st round?
Lucky for me I don’t need a winning sports team to survive. But either way, once Rodgers time is up they were likely going to struggle anyway. I mean, you do know who the heir apparent is right? In your mind Rodgers must have been the one to draft him. Never bought any stock either.
Over pay? Hardly. What do you pay a 2x reigning QB if not top of the market? The deal lowered his cap hit to lower than many other QBs and does for the next year also.
Most sports outlets reported it. You can hate Rodgers all you want, but the fact is that Adams wanted out and the GM made a poor move by accommodating his trade request.
If Gute would’ve held firm and denied the request, Adams would have 2 options. 1. Sign the tag and play in which Cass the Packers probably have 3 more wins this year. 2. He doesn’t sign and the team ends up in the same exact place they are now and adams loses a year of pay and likely takes a hit on the following year’s contract a la Leveon Bell.
The Packers are done for this year. Rodgers should just go on IR and let that stiff Love get some snaps – as Green Bay needs to move up in the draft.
Rodgers wiping his sniveling noise and broke it. The Packers could move end and Gutenbust would screw it up
Doesn’t want to open the door, even a crack for LOVE !!
More like Love sucks so much a QB with a broken thumb is the better choice. Green Bay’s run is done!
Here come the excuses. Amazingly after the last game when everyone saw his passes were awful, he’s now injured.
I mean he has only been on the injury report since week 6 for a right thumb, but sure lets go with your theory that only “amazingly after last game” “hes now” injured. Maybe if you actually watched games, you would see hes literally been playing with his thumb heavily taped for weeks.
Shows what they think of Love if they have Rodgers playing with a broken thumb in a lost season.
The bone-headed draft decision that seems worse with each passing year. Imagine the receiver they could have drafted at that position, and all the angst management could have avoided.
I agree. That was such an embarrassment made by management. Why taunt your HoF QB, who was playing well, w/ his replacement?
What players don’t go on the injury report? When he throw his WR’s under the bus, there no talk about his thumb. But as soon as everyone watching saw his terrible passes, the thumb is the cause. Believe what you want.
Like I really don’t believe all 3 QB’s on Carolina all had the exact same injury this season. High ankle sprain for Baker, Sam & PJ? That has to be a record.
A broken thumb? I guess that explains why he hasn’t been responding to my text messages.
Hahahaha. Ok, that’s the problem.
It is time for a change in Green Bay
He must use his right hand to groom himself as well. Now it all makes sense.
Playing with a broken thumb and still the fifth best QB in the NFL. I.e. even injured Rodgers is better than 90% of the teams have behind center.
With the season lost, Rodgers should definitely be benched until his thumb heals. There are two more seasons on his contract. Wasting $100 million over an aggravated thumb injury would be a very poor business decision. Rodgers gets paid either way, so it’s up to the GM to make the sensible decision.
It’s an excuse for the drop off of his team as his massive overpaid deal is reality now
“Thumb injuries aren’t real, either. It’s just doctors trying to make more money.”
They’re 4-7. How much more over does it need to be?
The amount Rodgers is getting sounds insane until you compare it to what Ronaldo just signed for with a Saudi Arabian team.
I love how they always try to make him look like the most unselfish person but in reality he’s the biggest and a scumbag