New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers talks to reporters after a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Jets’ training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Achilles injuries are supposed to cost an athlete a full year. Just don’t tell that to Aaron Rodgers.
Days after tearing his Achilles on Monday night just four plays into his New York Jets debut, the four-time NFL MVP was left in a dark place.
“It was the toughest 24 hours of my life,” Rodgers said on the Pat McAfee show Friday afternoon. “A lot of sadness, a lot of tears.”
Rodgers underwent surgery on his injury Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery. While most doctors believe a typical recovery time for an Achilles injury is 9-12 months, the Jets quarterback isn’t ruling out anything, including a potential return in 2023.
“As Kevin Garnett once said, Anything’s possible.”
Still, it’s unlikely that Rodgers is expected back for the Jets at any point in 2023. The Jets placed him on Injured Reserve shortly after his surgery but also expect the quarterback to return to the team at some point during his rehab process in the regular season.
It also helps that Rodgers has given his clearest indication yet that he will return in 2024 and not retire as many have predicted.
“Give me the doubts. Give me the timetables. Give me all the things you think can, should, or will happen because all I need is that 1 little extra percent of inspiration. Give me your prognostications. And then watch what I do,” Rodgers said.
At 40 years old, the recovery for the quarterback will be a long and drawn-out process. Rodgers accepts that, but the eccentric passer believes that he could be on the field sooner rather than later.
“Just because somebody hasn’t done it a certain way, doesn’t mean it’s not possible. What I’ve already put together is a pretty damn good rehab plan that’ll shock some people.”
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