I’m watching the pregame on NBC for the SB and Rodgers is a guest commentator. Costas is asking him about the Giants game and Aaron R proceeded to go on for a few minutes about the Giants having alot of “phantom injuries” and discussing how the Giants were really throwing down alot of fake injuries to slow the GB/NYG playoff game down and take the momentum away from GB.
Did this actually happen? I don’t remember seeing alot of European Soccer style dives happening during the playoffs?
Even though I’m a Giants fan, I have to concede that Aaron Rogers is FAR from the first guy to make such accusations against the G-Men.
I cant recall the team but there was a hilarious incident this year when two defensive players forgot which one of them had received instructions to dive. Right before the snap both of them flopped to the ground and rolled around in agony worthy of an Oscar.
That was the Giants. It may have been in the first Pats game this season.
Well, I first heard these charges after the Giants’ Sunday Night game against the Rams… and I have to admit, the Rams weren’t wrong to suspect the Giants were malingering.
Allow me to translate Rodgers’s remarks:
“Waaaah! Waaaaah! Waaaaaaaaah!!!”
He wasn’t upset or complaining. The Packers have been classy in response to the loss. Michaels was just joking around with him. He has given NY credit for simply being the better team that day. No excuses. No blaming the referees or Giants players. Packers just didn’t get it done when they needed to.
Okay, I’ll take your word for that, as I didn’t see the segment in question here, nor have I seen any of the Pack making any unseemly comments.
I suppose for a moment I was guilty of attributing to the Packers themselves behaviors I’ve seen in many Packer fans. 
Just wondering - when a player goes down with an injury (or an “injury”) how long does he have to sit out of the game before he can come back in (as a minimum)? I know it’s three plays in the CFL, but I’m not sure the NFL even has such a rule.
I’ve never paid enough attention to it to know how effective the rule is, but on it’s face it seems like a good one. If you’re going to fake an injury, you’re going to lose that player for a few plays. Seems fair.
Again, speaking as a Giants fan, I can attest that:
The Giants HAVE been guilty of faking injuries, in order to slow down the tempo of potent offensive teams. That was blatant in their game with the Rams. Now, I DIDN’T see it so much against the Packers or Patriots… but the Giants’ history means it’s entirely possible that they were guilty.
When Aaron Rogers spoke of it, he seemed more amused than angry.
An injured player (or an “injured” player) has to sit out for one play, unless his team uses a timeout to get him get back in for the next snap.
I think everybody can substitute guys during the injury timeout. This makes it an even bigger deal against no-huddle offenses - when an offense finds a favorable personnel matchup and then goes no-huddle to prevent substitutions, an injury can give the defense a chance to get the personnel package they want back out on the field. It’s especially effective if the “injured” player isn’t part of that package.
Injury bug brought to you by the New York Giants.
One play, in the NFL.
Any guesses how big a fine Rodgers is going to have to pay for his honesty?