Aaron Rodgers to miss 'significant' time after collarbone surgery

Aaron Rodgers will undergo surgery after breaking his collarbone on Sunday, the Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy says.

“Aaron Rodgers suffered a significant injury in the game,” McCarthy said. “It will require surgery. He’ll be out minimum of a significant amount of time. Potentially, his season can be over. He’ll have surgery here in the near future. After we see how that goes, focus on getting better and healthy – that’s all that really matters right now.

Rodgers landed heavily on his throwing shoulder in the first-half of Sunday’s defeat to the Minnesota Vikings. The Packers were expected to win the NFC North but they struggled when Rodgers broke his collarbone and missed time in 2013. He did not undergo surgery on that occasion, and missed seven games. “The focus right now is for him to have surgery and from that there will be more information,” said McCarthy. “Our focus is on his health, not really focused on the roster right now.”

On Sunday, Rodgers was replaced by back-up Brett Hundley, who had an unconvincing game and threw three interceptions. “[The Rodgers injury is] devastating, no question about it,” Packers receiver Randall Cobb said after the game. “First and foremost, it’s one of my closest friends, so to see him go down with that, it’s tough. But we’ve still got to play football. We’ve got a long season ahead of us, and we’ve got to figure out what we’re going to do.”

Rodgers had thrown 13 touchdowns and three interceptions this season before his injury.