Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers confirmed Wednesday that he is playing through a broken right thumb, and now we know some specifics on the injury. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Rodgers is playing through what is called an avulsion fracture in the thumb on his throwing hand.
An avulsion fracture is when “a piece of bone attached to a ligament or tendon breaks away from the main part of the bone,” per the Cleveland Clinic.
The injury for Rodgers occurred on the final play of the Packers’ loss to the New York Giants in London on Oct.