Thirty-nine years old, Aaron Rodgers is an American football quarterback playing currently for the New York Jets. The player recently made news for getting injured during one of his recent games against the Buffalo Bills. Continue reading till the end to find out more about what happened to Aaron Rodgers.
Fans know that one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, Aaron Rodgers, started his career back in 2002 at Butte College from where he moved on to the University of California, joining the California Golden Bears. It was here that Rodgers set several records which even led to his selection in the 2005 NFL draft, where he was selected in the first round.
He joined the Green Bay Packers and continued to play for the team from 2005 all the way to 2022, though he became the quarterback for the team in 2008. Fans of the player would remember the 2010 season when the player bagged the title of Super Bowl MVP after bringing victory to the team in Super Bowl XLV.
Alongside Manning, Brown, Favre, and Montana, Rodgers is the NFL player to be awarded the title of NFL MVP consecutively in 2020 and 2021. The player, during the 2023 NFL drafts, ended up getting traded to the New York Jets on April 26th, 2023.
The player was all set to make a grand debut with the team on Monday Night Football going against the Buffalo Bills. But things did not go all that well as the player got injured only some minutes into the game, sending his fans into a spiral of worry for their favorite player.
What Happened To Aaron Rodgers?
While we are sure that the team, the New York Jets, and Rodgers had a lot planned for the upcoming season, it took only four minutes into week one of Monday Night Football for all of that to go to waste as Rodgers getting hurt brought his time in this season to an abrupt end.
The groans of a disappointed crowd could not have been louder at the MetLife Stadium, where the teams had gathered for a game in memory of the 9/11 attack victims. The media and Robert Saleh, the head coach for the New York Jets, all had their eyes on their shiny new quarterback, but it turned out to be for nothing when the player fell to the ground after being tackled by an opposing team player, Leonard Floyd.
While he did originally plan on standing up, Rodger found himself reaching for the ground again. The training staff did not take long to escort the player out of the field. The last we saw of him was when he was being taken to the Jet’s locker room area for further inspection.
Rodger’s Foot Injury
He was immediately ruled out from the rest of the game after he was taken away from the ground. In a much-needed press conference that was held right after the game was over, coach Robert Saleh informed the media that it was confirmed that Rodger had hurt his left foot badly and they were speculating it to be his Achilles.
On September 12th, 2023 i.e. the next day, confirmed news of the player’s torn tendon in the left leg was announced along with the fact that he would be requiring surgery after which he would be out for an entire year, recuperating, getting better, and training for his possible return to the game.
Usually, a torn Achilles takes at least ten months to heal properly, by that time the Rodger will be forty years of age. While he had expressed his wish to continue playing even in his forties, this injury might change the course of Rodger’s career trajectory.
What Happens Next?
It is extremely likely that the player will be off the ground for at least a year or ten months, and during this time, we believe he will be undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. We still do not know what his plans for his future are, though he did say in a public message that he “will rise yet again”. Robert Saleh had high hopes for the team and its NFL future but looked clearly disappointed.
For the game that got Rodgers injured, rookie quarterback player, Zach Wilson, was brought out on the field to replace him but over the last two seasons, Zach’s performance has not been all that memorable. This makes us believe that the Jets’ will be on the lookout for another veteran quarterback player to add to their team for the team.
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