(Green Bay) Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said his toe injury was a fracture and added he didn’t expect it to cause him to miss any games.
Rodgers has played with the toe injury in each of the last two games after missing a game against the Chiefs due to testing positive for COVID-19. His team suffered a 13-7 loss by then. Whoever has been named the NFL’s MVP for the past three seasons has said the injury occurred while training at home during his 40s.
“I’m going to handle the pain,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “It’s all about pain management. I will deal with the pain as this evolves, and hopefully we will achieve healing over the weeks with limited training repetitions. I’m going to try to be on the training ground as much as I can, manage the pain, and the goal is to play every week. ”
The Packers (8-3), leaders of the North Division of the National Conference, welcome the Rams of Los Angeles (7-3) on Sunday and will then have time off the following week.
Rodgers noted on Wednesday that there are surgical options that would allow him not to miss a game and that he will “definitely look at all options.”
Rodgers said after a 34-31 loss to Minnesota on Sunday that the toe injury was “very, very painful.”
He offered more details on Wednesday and disputed a report that he had a “COVID toe,” a name that has been given to a disease causing lesions in some people who test positive for COVID-19.
Discussing his health Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and SiriusXM, Rodgers said he “had no lingering effects other than the COVID toe,” but he was smiling while doing this. remark.
Asked about it on Wednesday, Rodgers took off his sock and revealed his left foot at a press conference with reporters.
“Oh, there is no injury,” Rodgers said. “Oh, what a surprise. No, it’s actually called disinformation, when you perpetuate false information about an individual. ”
The injury will continue to limit Rodgers’ training time.
The quarterback only trained on Friday last week, but he still had 23 of his 33 downs for 385 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions against the Vikings.
“It sounded painful to him, but he looked quite mobile, quite special against the Vikings last week,” said Rams coach Sean McVay. “He’s a great player and he really looks just as good as he always has been.”
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Rodgers will have a similar training schedule this week. He did not train on Wednesday.
“Sure, we’re going to handle him on a day-to-day basis, but a lot of it will depend on how he feels,” said LaFleur.