Aaron Rodgers has broken bone, may miss season

Aaron Rodgers has broken bone, may miss season

Aaron Rodgers poor his right bone when American state Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr hit him within the half-moon Sunday and will miss the rest of the season, the team aforementioned.

The city Packers quarterback was rolling bent on his right with Barr pressuring him. As composer threw, Barr hit him within the midriff and he landed on his throwing shoulder.

Brett Hundley replaced composer. The next-to-last professional is that the solely different quarterback on the Packers' listing.

Hundley's initial pass of the day was intercepted by footballer missionary Rhodes, resulting in a Vikings touchdown drive. He threw 2 additional interceptions, in conjunction with a touchdown, and finished 18-of-33 passing for 157 yards within the Packers' 23-10 loss.

Rodgers incomprehensible seven starts in 2013 once he poor his left bone. The Packers went 2-4-1 while not composer that season and used 3 totally different quarterbacks: Seneca Wallace, Scott Tolzien and Matt Flynn. it absolutely was Flynn WHO unbroken inexperienced Bay's competition hopes alive by going 2-2 in four starts. composer then came back for the regular-season finale at Chicago, a game the Packers won to win the NFC North and create the playoffs.

Sunday's game was the primary time all season that composer had each of his beginning tackles -- David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga -- enjoying along. however this wasn't a protection issue. Rather, it absolutely was composer on a rollout pass that end Martellus Floyd Bennett born.

Rodgers was able to walk off the sphere beneath his own power. The Packers' medical workers examined composer on the sideline, then took him to the room on a cart.

Guard Lane Taylor (ankle/knee) and footballer Quinten Rollins (ankle) have conjointly been dominated out as a result of injuries suffered Sunday.

Source: ESPN