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Packers will press NFL for explanation regarding hard hit on Aaron Rodgers

Sunday was a rough one for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in several ways, but he did take a hard hit to his midsection from Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. on a dive into the end zone in the first quarter.

Rodgers took off on a scramble and lunged toward the goal line, but as he extended Winfield Jr. spun the quarterback over with a hard right shoulder to Rodgers’ exposed midsection on his left side.

The quarterback got up immediately and celebrated what was ruled a touchdown while some of his teammates took exception to the contact.