Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed Wednesday that he's playing with a fractured toe, 24 hours after saying he was suffering from "Covid toe."
The embattled signal caller, still dealing with the fallout from a positive Covid-19 test and his skepticism over vaccinations, said he still plans to play when the Packers play host to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.
“I mentioned yesterday that it’s worse than turf toe and it must be a bone issue — I can’t believe I have to come on here and talk about my medical information — but yeah, I have a fractured toe,” Rodgers told reporters on Wednesday.
“I’ve never had a Covid toe before. I have no lesions on my feet. It’s just a classic case of disinformation."
That case of “disinformation” came directly from Rodgers himself. He told “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday that he’s in good physical shape, other than a lingering painful toe condition.
“I felt good in just a few days. I didn’t have any lingering effects other than Covid toe,” Rodgers told the talkshow host.
This ongoing toe issue was reportedly serious enough to put Rodgers’ status in question for this past Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, a game he did eventually play in that the Packers lost.
Rodgers didn't go into greater detail on Covid toe, but it's a term regularly used to describe swelling, pain and discoloration in the foot suffered by Covid patients.
In an October 2020 analysis, researchers found that Covid toes could last anywhere from 12 to 60 days, with one "long-hauler" patient suffering from the condition for six months.
“It was more painful than turf toe and I had turf toe years ago,” Rodgers said Tuesday.
When McAfee pressed Rodgers for more details, last season’s NFL MVP politely, almost jokingly, said he’s done with medical talk on the show.
“Look Pat I’ve already talked enough on this show about my medical status,” he said. “I’ve given you enough information at this point. I have an injury that's not going away and I’m going to be dealing with it for at least the next few weeks."
Rodgers missed the Nov. 7 game against the Kansas City Chiefs after testing positive, a diagnosis and benching that revealed he hadn’t been vaccinated — even after implying publicly that he had been.
It was on McAfee’s Nov. 5 show that Rodgers confirmed he was unvaccinated, said he took ivermectin and accused the “woke mob” of allegedly trying to “cancel” him over his vaccination status.
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