Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be out for a long time with a serious Achilles tendon injury. How long is still unclear. Now the NFL superstar surprised everyone with an appearance on the field.
After the shock of the NFL opener against the Buffalo Bills at the beginning of September, the opinion was unanimous: Aaron Rodgers will miss the entire season for the New York Jets due to his torn Achilles tendon. This is the norm given the severity of the injury (6 to 9 months is a rule of thumb). What’s interesting is that Rodgers himself didn’t commit to an end to the season after his operation and the first few days of recovery.
Instead, he raves about the supposed healing effects of the sounds of dolphin sex and the new approaches to his rehabilitation plan.
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His latest appearance will further fuel speculation of an early comeback.
To the surprise of many, he appeared last Sunday without a supporting shoe on his leg or crutches. Before the Jets game against the Philadelphia Eagles (20:14) and just a month after his serious injury, he ran across the MetLife Stadium turf and passed a few balls with seemingly no major impairment.
“It’s not unusual for someone to start ‘partial strain’ a month after tendon repair surgery,” CBS Sports quoted an unnamed medical source as saying, but the former MVP’s progress is still “remarkable” given his recovery goals. .
The superstar recently announced that he was working on his comeback “for over five hours a day”. “It’s pretty obvious that I’m ahead of normal protocol when it comes to rehab for an injury like this,” he said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” But that was always his mindset.
“Nothing is normal…”
He and his team approach the whole thing “smartly”. “We’re trying not to overstretch the Achilles tendon, but to stretch it so that I can move faster and shorten the amount of time that’s common with this type of injury.
“Nothing is normal in the way I attack this rehab,” he explained during one of his appearances. As an indication of this, he stated: “Normally you are in a supportive shoe for about six weeks and I was in a normal shoe after just 13 days.”
On Sunday, Rodgers watched the win against the Eagles from a spot on the sideline, wearing a headset and listening to the offense’s plays. His coach was also amazed. “It’s unbelievable,” said Robert Saleh. “A lot of people I’ve spoken to – I don’t want to name names, but they’ve also been affected – they’re all amazed that he can walk at all. The fact that he’s on the sidelines all the time – he’s a freakazoid.” .