Matthew Stafford on Aaron Rodgers: 'I'll keep my toes to myself'

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Rams' Matthew Stafford trolls Aaron Rodgers: 'I'll keep my toes to myself'

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jan 13, 2022 7:16 PM ET

Earlier this month, Green Bay Packers quarterback and reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers was able to poke fun at himself during an edition of the ESPN2 "Monday Night Football" "ManningCast" over how he became an internet meme for showing reporters the fractured toe he suffered at some point during the first half of November while isolating away from his team after he tested positive for COVID-19:

"I have a fractured toe."

Aaron Rodgers really showed his foot during his news conference pic.twitter.com/9vc3v9l22z
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 24, 2021

Aaron Rodgers on his 2021 to Manningcast: “The Internet is undefeated, and the memes this year that I’ve provided allowed for a lot of humor at my expense for as long as the internet is around.”

He ain’t wrong.
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) January 4, 2022

Per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk, Los Angeles Rams starting signal-caller Matthew Stafford endured a toe injury of his own in the Week 18 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Stafford had some fun at Rodgers' expense while discussing the setback Thursday ahead of the upcoming "Monday Night Football" wild-card home game versus the Arizona Cardinals:

Matthew Stafford, on his toe injury!!! -

“I’d show it to you, but I don't want to do that. That’s for other guys to do. I’ll keep my toes to myself."
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) January 13, 2022

Jokes aside, the good news for Rams fans is that Stafford was listed as a full participant for Thursday's practice session and, thus, should be good to go by Monday night. Perhaps he and Rodgers will be able to trade toe stories down the road and later in the postseason tournament.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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