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Aaron Rodgers Criticizes Roughing-the-Passer Calls: 'Still a Collision Sport'

Even one of the NFL's most prominent quarterbacks thinks the league is going too far to protect its signal-callers with roughing-the-passer penalties this season.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suggested as much after his team's Sunday tie against the Minnesota Vikings featured questionable roughing penalties on Minnesota's Eric Kendricks and Green Bay's Clay Matthews, per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk.

"What do you say to Clay? His head is out of it. His hand is on the ground. That's not roughing the passer.