GREEN BAY, Wis. – Aaron Rodgers has long bemoaned the NFL’s extensive use of on-field microphones – both for natural in-game sound and behind-the-scenes clips for NFL Films and the like – but the Green Bay Packers quarterback always viewed it as an intrusion and an inconvenience, not a safety risk.
But in the aftermath of wide receiver Randall Cobb suffering a punctured lung during the team’s NFC playoff loss to Arizona in January, Rodgers also would like to see the NFL curtail its use of on-player hidden microphones because of the dangers they can pose.
Cobb first brought up the possibility that his injury was caused by the microphone pack during a tour of Radio Row at the Super Bowl, although he did say that there was “no way I can prove that” it was the cause.