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Aaron Rodgers suffers concussion (1 Viewer)

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jasonjwilde Just got back to the press box to learn that Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion on the final play. Wow.
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jasonjwilde I said it was helmet-to-helmet. But clearly officials thought he tried to hold up. RT @Aaron_Nagler: He head butts Rodgers clear as day.
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Via Twitter.
 
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scott72 said:
it's in the injury thread..
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http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id...fers-concussion
Whoa. The bad news just keeps piling up for the Green Bay Packers. ESPN producer Eric Lundsten just passed along that quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion on the Packers' final offensive play Sunday in a 16-13 loss to the Washington Redskins. Rodgers didn't do his usual post-game news conference as a result.

ESPNMilwaukee.com's Jason Wilde reports Rodgers absorbed a helmet-to-helmet hit from the Redskins' Jeremy Jarmon.

There is no way to know how Rodgers will recover, but it's certainly possible that he could miss the first start of his career next Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. Matt Flynn, start your engines!

Meanwhile, tight end Jermichael Finley told reporters he suffered a hamstring tendon injury, not a knee injury, in the first quarter. It's not believed to be serious enough to threaten his season, but his short-term status is in doubt.

Hang in there, Packer Nation.
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Wow.

Skins hurt Steven Jackson, Vick, McCoy, Finely, Clay Matthews, and Rodgers.

Did Andre Johnson get his injury in the Skins game too?

 
Google is your friend. As is the search feature here.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...8&sport=nfl

Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion in overtime of the Packers' Week 5 loss to the Redskins, coach Mike McCarthy confirmed.

He'll need to pass tests to play against the Dolphins in Week 6. McCarthy refused to expand on the injury, but Rodgers wouldn't have reentered Sunday had the Packers got the ball back in OT. Matt Flynn was ready to go in, and would start next week if Rodgers can't. Rodgers paid for holding the ball too long against Washington, taking four sacks, including two by Brian Orakpo.

 
Thanks for the info.

A search for rodgers yields the week 5 injury thread, which i could try to wade through 2 pages of in game posts trying to find out exactly when rodgers was injured, or I can read this thread which is appropriately titled.

thanks o.p.

 
Thanks for the news. Do you know what happened on the play where he got hit, or is it a post-game observation without an assignable hit? I'm just glad I have Orton backing up Rodgers. Will there be any Packers worth starting if Rodgers is out next week?

 
inca911 said:
Thanks for the news. Do you know what happened on the play where he got hit, or is it a post-game observation without an assignable hit? I'm just glad I have Orton backing up Rodgers. Will there be any Packers worth starting if Rodgers is out next week?
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Happened on the INT. It was a helmet to helmet just after the ball was released. It's didn't look that horrible in real time. No flag, I thought maybe there could have been one, but then I am a Packer fan.
 
I am bummed that the other Rodgers concussion thread has more responses but it missed the opportunity to passive aggressively mention that he was injured during a Packers loss in the title. But oh well.

 
Alex P Keaton said:
If it was a helmet-to-helmet hit, shouldn't a flag have been thrown?
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I don't think it was helmet-to-helmet, Rodgers got rid of it just in time, the guy let up, and it was more like chest/stomach to helmet as he fell over top of Rodgers.I would have been pretty disgusted if the game winning interception was called back for that, and I don't really have a pony in the race (Eagles fan).
 
Sweetness_34 said:
I have seen that throw multiple times now. Not helmet to helmet.
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Look at it in slow motion. The defender's helmet hits Rodgers's helmet while he is in the air.This is no suprise Rodgers has been taking head hits without a flag since last year. If this was Manning or Brady the flag would have been thrown.Packer's didnt show up after halftime, that is why they lost the game.
 
hauser42 said:
Sweetness_34 said:
I have seen that throw multiple times now. Not helmet to helmet.
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Look at it in slow motion. The defender's helmet hits Rodgers's helmet while he is in the air.This is no suprise Rodgers has been taking head hits without a flag since last year. If this was Manning or Brady the flag would have been thrown.Packer's didnt show up after halftime, that is why they lost the game.
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I agree with most of this. Very similar to the ending of the Arizona playoff game. But I don't think the refs purposefully look the other way or anything. They missed it. Rodgers has some growing to do. He should have gone out of bounds.Mason Crosby is the suck. He is the anti-clutch kicker. He just cannot be counted on.
 
Sweetness_34 said:
I have seen that throw multiple times now. Not helmet to helmet.
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You might want to actually watch the play in question then.As others have said...and despite the claim in the game thread...not blaming the refs for the loss...it should have never come down to that in the first place.But if you don't see helmet to helmet contact there, you need to get your eyes checked.And while he did pull his hands back, he led with his helmet. Not sure how any refs ever miss such a thing...I guess they saw him pulling up with his hands back and quit looking at his head...but it was there.Either way, even with that penalty the Packers were not moving the ball for crap anyway.
 
sho nuff said:
And while he did pull his hands back, he led with his helmet. Not sure how any refs ever miss such a thing...I guess they saw him pulling up with his hands back and quit looking at his head...but it was there.
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The referees missed quite a few penalties in that game. 2 blatant pass interference calls on Woodson for example. It works both ways.
 
fatness said:
sho nuff said:
And while he did pull his hands back, he led with his helmet. Not sure how any refs ever miss such a thing...I guess they saw him pulling up with his hands back and quit looking at his head...but it was there.
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The referees missed quite a few penalties in that game. 2 blatant pass interference calls on Woodson for example. It works both ways.
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I agree...and Im not blaming the refs here...should have never come down to overtime in the first place.Just frustrating that they miss something like that though.
 
It always seems like roughing is called when it shouldn't and then ignored when it should be called. NFL refs may as well be judging figure skating.

What do you guys think the timeline for his return will be. To me it didn't even look that bad(still illegal by the rule definition), because instantly he's looking back at the ref and giving them the "where the F is the flag" look. So he knows where he is and what's going on and he looks focused and sharp. Does he even miss time?

 
griff321 said:
It always seems like roughing is called when it shouldn't and then ignored when it should be called. NFL refs may as well be judging figure skating.What do you guys think the timeline for his return will be. To me it didn't even look that bad(still illegal by the rule definition), because instantly he's looking back at the ref and giving them the "where the F is the flag" look. So he knows where he is and what's going on and he looks focused and sharp. Does he even miss time?
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I agree...its possible he does not miss any time. Just hard to know how he is doing all week and if it will set in and bother him all week.Fire up the Matt Flynn bandwagon?Ugh...I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
 
Don't think this has been posted yet; it's been bouncing around on Twitter this AM:

Aaron Rodgers pre-sneak: 9.31 adjusted yds per pass attempt (AYPA). Post-sneak: 2.53 AYPA.

The game wasn't available in my area.

Maybe FBG's who saw the game can expand on/clarify/refute this theory.

 
Greg Bedard, GB beat writer:

I'm starting to believe Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was concussed much earlier in the game and probably no one knew it.

Before the second-quarter sneak (play where it could have happened): 11 of 14 for 130, 1 TD. After: 14 of 30 for 144, 0 TDs, 1 INT.

 
The thing that worries me about Rodgers with the concussion is that any player that had a concussion this season has missed at least one game. Matt Moore, Kevin Kolb, Jay Cutler, Stewart Bradley all missed the following week. I don't remember what happened with Witten's concussion (did he go on a bye the following week?)

So, I really don't see how Rodgers plays this week, with how careful teams are with concussions now.

 
identikit said:
Greg Bedard, GB beat writer:I'm starting to believe Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was concussed much earlier in the game and probably no one knew it.Before the second-quarter sneak (play where it could have happened): 11 of 14 for 130, 1 TD. After: 14 of 30 for 144, 0 TDs, 1 INT.
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Makes sense because Jarmon's hit didn't look all that bad. More than likely, it happened when Orakpo buried his head into the turf.
 
u999spf said:
The thing that worries me about Rodgers with the concussion is that any player that had a concussion this season has missed at least one game. Matt Moore, Kevin Kolb, Jay Cutler, Stewart Bradley all missed the following week. I don't remember what happened with Witten's concussion (did he go on a bye the following week?)So, I really don't see how Rodgers plays this week, with how careful teams are with concussions now.
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I believe Witten's concussion was Week 2. He played Week 3 before his bye.
 
Yep, Witten was concussed in Week 2 vs the Bears, then played in Week 3 vs the Texans.

 
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OK, and as I recall Witten's concussion was very mild or borderline at the time. They pulled him from the game and he was arguing to go back in. But every other player diagnosed with a concussion missed a game so far it seems.

 
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u999spf said:
OK, and as I recall Witten's concussion was very mild or borderline at the time. They pulled him from the game and he was arguing to go back in. But every other player diagnosed with a concussion missed a game so far it seems.
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Agree on Witten's concussion. His head basically bounced against the turf. How the team handled it really showed me how the NFL is being extra-careful with any sort of shot to the head.
 
identikit said:
Greg Bedard, GB beat writer:I'm starting to believe Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was concussed much earlier in the game and probably no one knew it.Before the second-quarter sneak (play where it could have happened): 11 of 14 for 130, 1 TD. After: 14 of 30 for 144, 0 TDs, 1 INT.
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I don't know that I like this kind of thing. Were there any signs at all to indicate he'd suffered a concussion after the sneak? Seems like the writer is making excuses a bit. At best, it's pretty convenient.I'd hope he has something tangible to back up his theory there other than poor stats.J
 
hate to say it but

the skins are gona punch you in the mouth this year

expect more injuries on our opponents to come.

 
Sabertooth said:
hauser42 said:
Sweetness_34 said:
I have seen that throw multiple times now. Not helmet to helmet.
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Look at it in slow motion. The defender's helmet hits Rodgers's helmet while he is in the air.This is no suprise Rodgers has been taking head hits without a flag since last year. If this was Manning or Brady the flag would have been thrown.Packer's didnt show up after halftime, that is why they lost the game.
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I agree with most of this. Very similar to the ending of the Arizona playoff game. But I don't think the refs purposefully look the other way or anything. They missed it. Rodgers has some growing to do. He should have gone out of bounds.Mason Crosby is the suck. He is the anti-clutch kicker. He just cannot be counted on.
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Rodgers has to do some growing, WRs need to hang onto the ball, Crosby needs to hit the big kicks!!Agree with others that flags seem to come out whenever the zebras want them to. I watch Buluga at least twice get away with looked like holding calls, or at least been called on other players.
 
Sabertooth said:
Sweetness_34 said:
I have seen that throw multiple times now. Not helmet to helmet.
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Sure it was. You can see Rodgers' head move when it happens. If it was H2H then how did the concussion happen?
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I don't think it happened there. I think it happened on the sneak. Just for argument's sake here's Rodgers numbers before the sneak, and here's his numbers after the sneak. C A Y TD INT 13 16 149 1 0 126.03 before sneak 14 30 144 0 1 47.1 after sneak
 
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griff321 said:
It always seems like roughing is called when it shouldn't and then ignored when it should be called. NFL refs may as well be judging figure skating.What do you guys think the timeline for his return will be. To me it didn't even look that bad(still illegal by the rule definition), because instantly he's looking back at the ref and giving them the "where the F is the flag" look. So he knows where he is and what's going on and he looks focused and sharp. Does he even miss time?
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No clue until he goes through the concussion tests this week.
 
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