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5 things for Packers fans to do with their newfound Sunday free time

By Shea Corrigan

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood /
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Reports out of the Green Bay locker room say Aaron Rodgers is out indefinitely with a broken collarbone.

In the first quarter of Green Bay’s Sunday afternoon game against the Minnesota Vikings, Aaron Rodgers left the field with a shoulder injury. The team released an official statement on Twitter, announcing the quarterback has a broken collarbone and could be out the rest of the season.

Packers fans are, understandably, distraught and in times like these, the mind easily wanders to the worst-case scenario. Which is to say, it’s but a hop, skip and a jump from “the end of Rodgers’ season” to “the end of Green Bay’s season.” (Compounded, of course, by all of the Packers’ other recent injuries.)

So what are the good fans of Green Bay to do?

Sure, the logical answer here is “watch a different NFL game” but in a sport with a rapidly depleting number of healthy stars, including but not limited to quarterbacks, the rest of the league could be a continued source of festering pain for Packers fans. (Good teams remind you of what could have been; the bad remind you who you could have once easily beat. ) But, you know, maybe this is for the best. We all have to-do lists and passing interests that become total non-starters on Sundays when all activities must be planned around The Game.

Now, Packers fans can immerse themselves in the sweet release of the death of their team’s season and emerge anew, like a phoenix, with new hobbies. Here are five things they may want to try.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 15: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers rides a cart into the locker room after being injured during the first quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings on October 15, 2017 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 15: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers rides a cart into the locker room after being injured during the first quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings on October 15, 2017 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) /

1. Meditate

Meditation is actually a really healthy habit and one every human could do to incorporate more into their daily life. In fact, all sports fans could probably be advised to try meditation even if their team has not been felled by injuries. But in any case, this is about Packers fans.

Instead of turning on the TV and boarding the emotional rollercoaster of watching the team fall behind only to be saved at the very last minute by The Champion From Chico, you, the Packers fan, may want to instead fire up one of a variety of meditation apps or audio tracks. Mindfulness guides talk you through various relaxation exercises and, on a Sunday afternoon of unprecedented quiet in your home, may help you make peace with the season, if only for the length of the session.

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