GREEN BAY, Wis. – Don’t be surprised, though Aaron Rodgers now sleeps in his own bed the night before the games at Lambeau Field.
For years it has been Green Bay Packer Quarterback has resented the practice of NFL teams staying in hotels the night before home games. After playing just a few hours before the game against the Washington Football TeamRodgers called the practice an “antiquated procedural matter in our league” and credited two members of the team’s medical staff for helping heal his back.
“I have to give you a big compliment [athletic trainer] Nate Weir and [chiropractor] Mike Zölle; I woke up this morning and my back killed me, “Rodgers said after Sunday night Win 24-10. “It was all locked and I got in here early and I’m grateful for the guys who took care of me to go out and play today.”
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When Rodgers was asked to elaborate, Rodgers said, “My back was a little stiff on Saturday and you may or may not know this, but there is an outdated procedural matter in our league that has the most important night of sleep we have staying a hotel, and I don’t want to blame the hotel – it’s a nice hotel – but my bed in the house I sleep in every other night of my time here in Green Bay would probably be a bit of a slightly better option, I think me, and that’s just my opinion. “
It couldn’t have been that bad as coach Matt LaFleur said he didn’t know about it until it was brought up during his post-game press conference.
“I heard about it right there so I don’t know,” said LaFleur.
It didn’t seem to hinder Rodgers’ performance. He completed 27 of 35 passes for 274 yards with three touchdowns and without interruptions in the Packers’ sixth win in a row after their defeat at the start of the season against the Saints of New Orleans. He even had the longest Packers run in the game – a 15-yard scamper who converted a third and an eleven on the opening drive that ended with Rodgers’ crawling 17-yard touchdown pass Davante Adams.
Would LaFleur actually let Rodgers sleep in his own bed before home games?
“Well, Coach Rodgers and I will have a discussion after that, I’m sure of that,” he said with a smile. “We’ll talk about that internally.”
