At a time when criminals are targeting NFL players and other high-profile athletes, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers sent an important message to his pro football brethren.

“I will say this, and I used this years ago,” Rodgers told reporters on Wednesday, “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 and 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 playing video games or whatever it is, but there’s a lot of great resources that the league puts together. I think more guys should probably look at as far as the safety of their homes.”

Rodgers has more than cameras.

“I have security full time, thanks to Daily Mail putting my shit out there,” Rodgers said. “You know, Wisconsin, everybody’s got guns, so it’s a little less, you know, less likely. . . . But yeah, there’s been some issues. It’s something that we all think about, you know, from time to time. You know, you’re kind of exposed in that way and it seems like there’s a professional aspect to this where they don’t care if there’s cameras on or an alarm set. They’re going to get in and get out quickly. So hopefully it doesn’t happen anymore.”

It will keep happening until the group doing it is stopped. It’s therefore incumbent on players to protect their families, their homes, and their belongings. If the NFL has resources to assist in that process, use them.

And if you’re one of the few at the top of the pay scale, hire a private security detail.