Aaron Rodgers underwent knee surgery following playoff departure, per report

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The Packers' superstar quarterback went under the knife to alleviate some knee trouble.

With 2015 proving to be Aaron Rodgers' worst season statistically since becoming the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback in 2008, many wondered whether something besides an undermanned receiver corps and a battered offensive line may have contributed to his performance dip. According to a report by ESPN's Rob Demovsky, Rodgers underwent knee surgery "within days" of Green Bay's playoff departure on Jan. 17.

The report describes the surgery as a "cleanup of an old injury" and relatively minor in severity. Rodgers has since told ESPN that he is "doing well" and is "recovering on schedule." However, he did not feel healthy enough to participate in Sunday's Pro Bowl, the NFL's annual all-star game.

The exact nature of the injury remains unclear. Rodgers never appeared on an injury report for a knee issue during the 2015 season and played nearly every offensive snap. Regardless, the knee Rodgers had scoped last month is the same one he had reconstructed in 2004 to repair a torn ACL.


Rodgers finished the regular season with 347 completions on 572 attempts (60.7 percent completion) for 3,821 yards, 31 touchdowns and eight interceptions, good for a passer rating of 92.7.

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[GBP4EVER]

ok minor knee injury really does not cover why he had such a down year. Had it been something with his throwing arm or shoulder that would have explained more.

 

[Mark87]

ok minor knee injury really does not cover why he had such a down year. Had it been something with his throwing arm or shoulder that would have explained more.

It explains everything. A QB uses that leg to plant and set. If your not 100% in that knee your throws will be off target and your not going to be worth spit on the run. The man is 32/33 and not everyone keeps a cannon as they age.

 

[Half Empty]

It explains everything. A QB uses that leg to plant and set. If your not 100% in that knee your throws will be off target and your not going to be worth spit on the run. The man is 32/33 and not everyone keeps a cannon as they age.

Does this get back to management, then? I know (fill in a small number here) % of AR is better than most other options, but if that's what he was worth, maybe try one of the guys you pay to play in his place for a while?

 

[Mark87]

Does this get back to management, then? I know (fill in a small number here) % of AR is better than most other options, but if that's what he was worth, maybe try one of the guys you pay to play in his place for a while?

Can't answer that unless we know when it happened. IO honestly believe he had other injuries. Big question is/was did it happen early in the season and why wasn't it on an injury report ?

 

[salmar80]

Can't answer that unless we know when it happened. IO honestly believe he had other injuries. Big question is/was did it happen early in the season and why wasn't it on an injury report ?

If it's something with a 0% chance of keeping him out of a game, and he isn't even limited in practice, no reason or obligation to report it.

 

[Mark87]

If it's something with a 0% chance of keeping him out of a game, and he isn't even limited in practice, no reason or obligation to report it.

By rule your obligated to report all injuries to the league by I believe it is now Thursday/Friday of the week. Teams that knowingly hide injuries can be fined or lose draft picks etc... however the NFL only seems to enforce it when 1 team rats out another.

 

[salmar80]

By rule your obligated to report all injuries to the league by I believe it is now Thursday/Friday of the week. Teams that knowingly hide injuries can be fined or lose draft picks etc... however the NFL only seems to enforce it when 1 team rats out another.

You may be right:

League's 2015 injury report policy states: "All players with significant or noteworthy injuries must be listed on the report, even if the player takes all the reps in practice, and even if the team is certain that he will play in the upcoming game. This is especially true of key players and those players whose injuries have been covered extensively by the media."

"Significant or noteworthy" leaves some room to play with. The problem is, nearly everyone is injured or bruised in one way or another especially late in the season. It's seems like a normal (unwritten) code to only list a player if he's limited in practice, and then list him as full participant if he gets healthier. I looked over Packers' injury reports, and there were less than a handful instances where a player entered the injury report as a full participant.

I think we can get away with this one.

 

[GBP4EVER]

If it was minor just to clean something up though does it need to be listed? Like a player who has surgery in off-season to clean up bone chips?

 

[Mark87]

If it was minor just to clean something up though does it need to be listed? Like a player who has surgery in off-season to clean up bone chips?

Again it depends when the injury occurred..if he had it for weeks and it's not listed then yeah they should have listed that injury. Not enough information to know really one way or another.