When Aaron Rodgers disappeared into a tiny sideline tent during Monday night’s game against the Eagles, puzzlement grew. But there was a simple explanation for the quarterback’s mystery move: he wanted to “drop his drawers” without millions of TV viewers seeing his backside.
Rodgers said he pulled his hamstring on the opening drive of the third quarter, and had the Green Bay trainers tape his leg between series. But he wished for a little privacy, so he went into a tent behind the visitors’ bench for treatment. When he emerged, the cameras were waiting for him.
“I just didn’t want to be getting taped up on the television,” Rodgers said. “But obviously, when I walked out and saw the camera right in my face, I knew there was probably some sort of mini-story growing. But no, I had to drop my drawers a little bit to get taped up and just wanted to do [that] in the privacy of that tent.”
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Rodgers put together one of his best performances of the season at Lincoln Financial Field, throwing for two touchdowns as the Packers ended a four-game losing streak with a 27-13 win over Philadelphia.
Rodgers said he did not think the hamstring injury would prevent him from playing against the Texans on Sunday. He suggested having to wait all day to play might have been a factor – it was the Packers’ second successive night game.
“I was a little tight in the first half for some reason,” Rodgers said. “I don’t know if it was sitting around the last two weeks, these night games, when you do a lot of resting. I’ll be good to go, though.”
Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said he wasn’t sure how the injury would affect Rodgers for the rest of the season. “I can’t tell,” McCarthy said. “We won’t know until tomorrow.”
Rodgers completed 30 of 39 passes for 313 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. The Packers converted 10 of 14 times on third downs: at 71%, that was the highest rate by any team in a game this season and the Packers’ highest in a game since 2013.
Carson Wentz had 254 yards passing, ran for a score and threw an interception. The Eagles are 2-6 since a 3-0 start, and are now last in the NFC East.
But much of the chatter afterwards centred on Rodgers’ injury, but Green Bay Center Corey Linsley said he wasn’t even aware that Rodgers had problem – and he thought the quarterback went under cover for another reason.
“Maybe he just had to go,” Linsley said.
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