Aaron Rodgers Does Not Like to Be Called Soft Just Because He's Always Injured

After inexperience, maybe the next biggest concern about fourth-year quarterback Aaron Rodgers is his inability to stay healthy. That fear may be more perception than reality, but as we all know, perception is nine-tenths the law. Or something.

Anyway, Rodgers spoke to the media yesterday, and he was asked about the idea that he's injury prone:

I think it does kind of bother me to say that [I'm injury prone]. To me, when somebody says injury prone, it has a negative connotation to it and a lot of times people can say you're soft because of it. I mean, I had a broken foot and a torn hamstring. And the other thing is when people who have never played by position or even laced them up before are calling me injury prone. I have a little bit of a problem with that.

For anybody to call anybody in the NFL injury-prone is not a great idea unless you've played that position or the game for a long time because otherwise you don't really know what it's like to be an NFL player.

I get what Rodgers is saying, but the fact that he had a broken foot and a torn hamstring kinda supports the point that he, you know, has an injury ... um, history (ducks). That he's following Brett Favre who, by all accounts, can't be killed, and has suffered two pretty serious injuries in three years on the bench ... well, yeah, I'd say that might give people the impression that he can't stay healthy.

That said, I fully support Rodgers' suggestion that no one should be allowed to call an NFL player injury prone unless you've played the position, or been in the game for a long time. Notable exception: pointing and gawking at Martin Gramatica.