After weeks of downplaying any apparent on-field discomfort to the fat finger on his throwing hand, the Green Bay Packers quarterback told the truth to local reporters Wednesday: He has been playing with a broken thumb.
Rpdgers, who turns 39 in nine days, confirmed the injury to media members and said he first hurt the digit on the final play of Green Bay's 27-22 loss in London to the New York Giants in Week 5 -- the first of what became a five-game skid, matching Rodgers' longest as an NFL starter.
"I think I've had worse injuries I've played with," said Rodgers on Wednesday, the same day after practicing for the first time since the Packers fell to 4-7 in Thursday's home loss to the Tennessee Titans.