 Favre failed to finish a game due to injury on only eight occasions since taking control of the Packers as quarterback . Significant injuries suffered by Favre during the streak includes a first @-@ degree shoulder separation , deep thigh bruise , severely bruised left hip , severely sprained left ankle , wind knocked out coupled with coughing up blood , sprained right thumb , right elbow tendinitis , left mid @-@ foot sprain , sprained lateral collateral ligament of the left knee , broken left thumb , softball @-@ sized bruise of the left hamstring , mild concussion , sprained right hand , injured ulnar nerve of the right elbow , bone spurs on the left ankle , torn right biceps , pulled groin , stress fracture of the left ankle coupled with an avulsion fracture of calcaneus , and a sprained sternoclavicular joint of the right shoulder . 
