Aaron Rodgers Says He Did Belt Celebration to Prove You Can Do it Without Getting Hurt

Aaron Rodgers brought back his title belt celebration (which, as you’re well aware, he’s also licensed out in a never-ending series of insurance commercials) after throwing a touchdown to Jordy Nelson on Monday night. Because the move was traditionally reserved for running plays, multiple listeners of the quarterback’s radio show with Jason Wilde wanted to know what was up with doing it on a pass.

“I just wanted to remind people you could do that celebration and not get hurt,” Rodgers said in tongue-in-cheek reference to Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch and Bears defensive lineman Lamarr Houston, who both suffered season-ending injuries doing the dance. Here’s the audio:

Even as a Packers fan, I’ll admit that Rodgers’ smug is approaching Gerald-Broflovski-getting-a-hybrid levels (here’s another example), but I’m just happy to be rooting for and not against him.

[H/T KSK]