GREEN BAY (AP) -- A couple of Green Bay Packers fans whose baby sustained a broken collarbone during birth had no trouble picking a name for their newborn.
They happen to know their favorite NFL quarterback is healing from the same injury. Aaron Rodger Dryer arrived Sunday afternoon at St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay, just in time for the Packers game against the New York Giants. When the medical staff discovered the newborn had a broken left collarbone, same side as Aaron Rodgers' injury, Kyle Dryer and Kristal Tyczkowski settled on a name for their third child. Dryer was the first to suggest it.
"I said, 'That's not a bad name,'" Tyczkowski said. "That's when we knew."
They dropped the "s' from Rodgers because they thought Rodger sounded better as a middle name. His parents already suspect their baby boy could someday follow his namesake onto the gridiron.
"He'll be taking snaps," Dryer, said Tuesday as the family returned from the hospital and settled into their home on Green Bay's west side.
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The physician who delivered the baby, Dr. Robert Moyer, tells Press-Gazette Media ( http://gbpg.net/17JUqZH ) collarbone injuries are fairly common in newborns. He says the injury typically heals easily within a couple of weeks.
Moyer said he was delighted to learn that he had delivered a baby named after the Packers quarterback.
"That fit him perfectly" Moyer said of the baby. "He was meant to be Aaron Rodger."
Aaron's parents said they look forward to telling little Aaron how he got his name.
"I'm pretty sure he will be proud of it," Tyczkowski said.
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Information from: Press-Gazette Media, http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com
