Jets' Aaron Rodgers drops 'painful' injury admission that gave him flashbacks
10/09/2024 02:36 PM
While New York Jets fans have been emotionally pained for decades, Aaron Rodgers has been through physical trauma since joining the team last year. The 40-year-old’s latest injury against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday was particularly difficult.
Rodgers injured his foot on a sack, reminding him of his catastrophic Achilles injury last season, via ESPN’s Rich Cimini.
“Rodgers says it was ‘very, very painful’ when his foot got caught under the pile,” Cimini said. “Had a split-second flashback to last year’s Achilles before realizing his ankle/foot wasn’t seriously injured.”
Rodgers came up limping at the end of the Jets’ loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 4, and he went to the medical tent during the Vikings game in London. However, he’s yet to miss any snaps due to injury.
Rodgers, who’s taken 25 hits and eight sacks in the last two weeks, has a low ankle sprain. Luckily, though, the injury isn’t serious, via the New York Post’s Ryan Dunleavy,
"All the preliminary stuff says he'll be fine," now former head coach Robert Saleh said."I talked with him [Sunday] night. He's doing fine. Obviously, he's a little banged up, but he feels good."
New York revamped its offensive line over the offseason, bringing in Tyron Smith, Morgan Moses, and John Simpson as well as first-round rookie Olu Fashanu. The pass protection held up well for the first three weeks, but struggled the last two games.
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