Aaron Rodgers urges stars to use little-known NFL resource as Tua Tagovailoa turns to armed protection
Aaron Rodgers says the onus is on NFL stars to protect themselves and their families after a spate of break-ins.
Joe Burrow became the latest athlete to see his house targeted as he was in action for the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.
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Last month, a source told ABC News that the NFL and other sports leagues had been briefed by the FBI about a crime ring masterminding targeted burglaries.
Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were targeted in October.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. to have among the victims.
New York Jets quarterback Rodgers says help is available to NFL stars, they just need to know where to look.
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“I will say this, and I used this years ago,” he said. "The league has a really good resource where they have security experts they can come out to your house and give you ideas about where to put cameras, where the𝄹 weak point, weak spots, are.
"I think guys in general just don’t use it because they don’t have the time or they’re thinking about other things or they’re busy pꦚlaying video games or whatever it is, but there’s a lot of great resources that the league puts together.
"I th🍎ink more guys should probably look at as far as the safety of♛ their homes.”
Rodge♉rs revealed that he has full-time security protecting his hဣome after his address was made public.
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“You kno🎀🐭w, Wisconsin, everybody’s got guns, so it’s a little less, you know, less likely," he added. "But yeah, there’s been some issues.
"It’s something that we all th⛦ink about 🍨from time to time. You’re kind of exposed in that way.
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"It seems like there’s a professional aspect to this wher🥂e they don’t care if there’s cameras on or a✃n alarm set. They’re going to get in and get out quickly. So hopefully it doesn’t happen anymore.”
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has ♛already stepped up his own protec💞tion after his car was broken into.
“I have personal security just because my house had gone broken into — not necessarily my house but one of my c❀ars,” he said. “It’s a little too close for my comfort with my family being in the house.
"So we got personal security to take care of all of that. When we’re on the road, we g♌ot someone with my wife. Got someone also at the house surveying the house.
"So just to let that be known, they are armed. So I hope if y😼ou decide to go to my🌠 house, you think twice.”
The incident 🌸happened over the last few years 💝and Tagovailoa says he is taking no chances with the safety of his loved ones.
“I wouldn’t say necessarily I would🍌 be a target, but I wouldn’t want to play the chances with my family, my kids sleeping,” he explained. “My wife sleeping, me sleepin��g at the house.”
Burrow is a very private person and opened up on the burglary in an emotional press conference on Wednesday.
"I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one, and way more is already out there🧔 than I would want out there and that I care to share," he said.
ABC News revealed that the i♚ncident was initially reported by model Olivia Ponton.
A local TV station used a✃erial drones to 🐭capture footage.
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"We live a public life," Burrow added. "One of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy, and that has been difficult for me to💫 deal with my e♏ntire career."
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