Aaron Rodgers FINALLY Revealed The Truth About Achilles Injury
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Aaron Rodgers is officially done for the season and is finally talking some sense about his achilles injury return timeline.
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It’s so funny that so many people called you a hater for doubting he could return at this point when in the end rodgers himself repeated what you had said all along
If the jets were in contention Rodger’s would 1000% be returning before the end of the regular season.
@Nono464. Doesn't matter if he was going to or not, he still would not have been healthy and not even close to being ready to come back, like he said.
that's cap@@Nono464.
@Nono464.
Though according to rodgers, it wasn't possible. So according to rodgers even if the jets were undefeated he still wouldn't.
But like yeah, he's a diva so ofcourse he was gonna try to make a show of it the whole time.
Rodgers lied? No way!
Bro saw that O-Line and didn't want to snap the other one.
For real haha
“I have been immunized against sacks.” - Rodgers, probably
Telling the world what every reasonable person already knew
...by reasonable, you mean every domesticated dork* thought they knew.
@djmc8505 like your boyfriend
@@djmc8505 I feel like your story begins with "and my dad touched me there"
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@@djmc8505 Tell us you have single digit IQ without telling us
I think the best thing for Aaron's recovery was the Jest getting eliminated as it took away that x factor of being cleared with understandable risk. We all know he would have pushed as hard as he could to be back on the field and fighting with his team if there was even a crumb of playoff hope left in the table to fight for.
Doesn't matter if Roger's came back this jet team is absolutely terrible
@@ammogiant824defense is top notch and he would make everyone better just by being on the field. Probably make playoffs but that’s it. Next year they go ham.
Agreed.
@@edgertsenzon9969but also he would probably get killed because jets don't have any o line
@@ClintByrne yeah jets need to focus o line and te in the draft, if they do and rodgers comes back 100% or even 90% they have a good chance next season with how good their defense is
He finally made the smart decision. It's better to make sure you are completely recovered before coming back from injury.
You will never "fully" recover from a torn achilles , especially at 40 years of age.
@@DR-br5gb not with that attitude
Bro it's possible to recover kd recoverd he plays even better now
risk vs reward. If they won and had a chance to make the playoffs, then he would've played because Rodgers at 75% is better than any other qb on the Jets. But since it's mathematically impossible that they make the playoffs with their loss to miami on Sunday, there's no reward for the risk other than pleasing the fans
@mugshotmarley this should be obvious…
As a person who has suffered this injury it is tough! I’ve “recovered” yet the fact that I still cannot due a single leg calf raise (injured leg) even after two years shows the significant of this injury and putting in the fact that the muscle atrophy that occurs with the calf is even more frustrating the leg will never be the same . Now given the fact it’s Aaron Rodgers I’m sure he has the best medical and will be back soon. But damn it’s a pain with this injury.
I plan to Participate in the 2024 Chicago marathon 🏃♂️ I’m not giving up on one of my life goals.
Good luck in making your Marathon next year. I fortunately have never had this injury. How did you hurt your Achilles, just curious?
Good luck in your recovery and I hope you reach your goal!
Good luck and all the best!
Look into shock wave therapy
No single leg calf raise? Whats your weight? Could you do that before? It took me about 7 months for that single leg. Everyday. Keep working on it. Did you do op or non op? Good luck in the marathon
I feel like the possibility of him coming back before the end of the season was entirely dependent on the Jets having playoff hopes. If Rodgers had been going into week 17 or 18 with the Jets one game from a wild card shot, he would've limped onto that field if he had to. But with them out of contention, there's no point. And yes, they could use these last few games as a test bed for Rodgers to get him some real pressure field time without worrying about the outcome, but just because the Jets aren't concerned with the outcome didn't mean the Commanders, the Browns, and the Pats won't still want to win when they play them. You put your start veteran QB at substantial risk for the relatively frivolous purpose of reaclimating him to the game rapidly when you'll have the whole off-season and next preseason to do exactly that.
Will you talk about Zach Wilson concussion? Apparently he kept playing until he had blurred vision
Jesus 😮
Damn
Trooper.
@@EchosTackyTikino sorry. Stupid. The dangers of concussion are very serious. No game is worth it.
That's a good teammate. I'm more of a fan now that he did that, and the team allowed him to make his decision.
I mean I think he would have pushed it if the jets didn’t suck but obviously he was trying to inspire the team to stay in it imo
I agree with you. Who is watching just like the rest of us if the Jets were going to make it or not.
Or he was just lying.
@@ronaldhernandez6866 plausible just my opinion
@ronaldhernandez6866 2 things can be true, obviously if that was his thought process yes, he was still lying brainiac
or it was just his ego speaking
Thank you for the update
Excellent video, Doc Brian!
I recently tore my Achilles, and I just never believed he be able to. It’s a painful recovery…😅
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5:00 IDK I think Rogers is saying that he wouldn't have been 100% healthy at any point in the regular season. But a 75% Rogers could have been enough, but the jets being eliminated from playoffs it's not worth the risk.
No. A 75% Rodgers means a weak and still fragile Achilles, susceptible to rupturing easily under the huge stress of NFL-level efforts and stress.
Your videos are very informative and amazing keep it up doc
I enjoy all your videos because you break it down to the simplest form and facts.
I said it from the beginning. It was publicity stunt, and he wasn’t going to return. It’s just medically not reasonable to rush this sort of thing back.
What exactly was the publicity stunt?
make himself look like a hero savior. @@EweCantHandletheTruth
It was an ego stunt. He wanted everyone to think he was superhuman.
"publicity stunt" lol "medically not reasonable" we have a super genius in the comments
Nah not a publicity stunt. i think if the jets legitimately were still hanging around and needed the offensive help, he would have tried to play at less than 100%. but now since the jets are all the way out, absolutely no reason to stress about rushing back
The injury he suffered is tough for a strong fellow of ANY age to recover from. I had a bad hamstring injury a couple of years ago and I'm still not able to climb stairs without help. His achilles would not be that much different. Football is a rough game. Best wishes to him and hope that he takes the best course to his full healing.
Who could've seen this coming?
Almost Any middle aged man playing a young man's game.
Everyone, because everyone knew he wouldn't play this week if the Jets lost. If they had won that would have revealed something -- as is, we know nothing more than we did two weeks ago about whether he could have come back or not.
Hey Jets fans, enjoy the drama the next few years… from a GB fan!
The Jets need to grow some balls and get rid of this guy. The headache he brings is not worth the talent.
Have fun with the losing seasons , horrible coaching and horrible defense
This wasn’t drama for us jets fans it gave us a reason to look forward for the future
Truer words have never been spoken! Glad we finally got rid of him! GPG!
lol@@williamdaniels2714
@@williamdaniels2714 ur glad to be losing and not relevant anymore? Thats odd lol
wasnt Joe Rogan implying he figured out healing lmao
You can't rush an achilles rupture. Trust me. Been through it.
He’s not rushing it. He also rehabbed it 1000% different then you and has access to time and money that normal people can only dream of. Comparing your recovery to his is like comparing your debt to the debt of a billionaire.
@@cryptalsmo1649it doesn't matter unless he went to a magician to have it fully healed you can't rush back from that injury. An Achilles is an Achilles going back to any strenuous activity this short after it happened will only end badly
That's crazy who could have ever expected this
Bro such a diva, just wanted the media attention all season long - honestly pretty impressive ngl 😂
It really is lmaooo
His recovery is still revolutionary
the media are doing it.. not him, smarten up!
So him saying, anything is possible is craving attention? Every Person even the ones that had this injury were impressed with how fast he was moving and what he was doing.
He probably pushed as hard as he could and tried his ass off to come back and do his job. That ppl. take it as trying to get attention is crazy.
Everyone calling him attention seeking or a Diva. Aaron before pats Show never did any Media outside of his press conferences. He doesn't like Media and he even said it multiple Times, so how is that him trying to get attention?
@@vincecal1239 No it's not, when you can afford this type of surgical, rehab and monitoring excellence. Besides, its' still going to take another 2 months to return to intensive practice, and then evaluate if he can perform at 100%. But he'll be fine in 2024.
I'm pretty sure Rodgers, the doctors, and Jets all came to an agreement to just shut him down for the rest of the season once the Jets were eliminated from playoff contention.
This completely. If they had made the playoffs then he’d be “cleared.”
Exactly. It’s ridiculous how people are just completely ignoring the timing of this
Docs, Aaron and Jets FO knew from day 1 that he was never coming back in 2023. The improvised plan B was to keep gullible fans hoping for a miracle, only to prop the 2024 season up as the long-awaited return of the Messiah. That's why they egregiously tanked and blocked Saleh from getting a decent alternative QB. The emergence of another Purdy was the last thing the Jets wanted. They still want returns on their Rodgers investment other than smirks from Green Bay.
@@StripedSooner Sure, the timing lines up.. but he has no reps/hasn't played all season.. no conditioning for the NFL, a terrible O line.. there's more to it then just the timing. He would come back and either re-injure it after his 8th sack in the first game back or tear the other one, trying.
@@jeanfourcade Yeah, but getting a few Jets fans excited about his return would be one thing, but this thing absolutely blew up. It made it to every single sports station. They had fans of every NFL team and other contact sports paying close attention. There were surgeons and specialists not in sports medicine watching this closely. You even had Howard Stern, who hates sports, talking about it on his show. If their goal had been to only give hope to hopeless Jets fans, then they royally screwed up. The timing of this, “Yeah, I can’t come back yet” concession is incredibly suspect. They were only willing to admit this once they found out that they were eliminated from the playoffs. Just weeks ago, Rodgers was still going around telling absolutely everyone who would listen that he was feeling almost 100% like himself and that he would be playing in the playoffs. I’ve got the strongest suspicion that had they actually made it past regular season then Rodgers would definitely be playing ball. Unfortunately, we’ll never truly know.
I’m glad I started moving soon after my broken arm surgery. Overall agree with what you’re saying.
He didn’t say it was unrealistic to say he was 100% cleared, he said it was unrealistic to be at 100% TO BE MEDICALLY CLEARED. Meaning that if the Jets were still in the mix he would be cleared even though he wasn’t fully recovered to give them the best shot. I feel like he communicated this throughout the entire season pretty openly.
I think he's saying that so the fans won't expect to see him because they're not in the playoff hunt. I don't think he would've been 100% cleared but if they had a chance he would've played anyway
I doubt it because his 21-day window to come off IR was almost up regardless
Aaron is 40 years old and hasn't played football for a year now. Even when the season starts in 2024, he won't be "100%".
@@daveclark8337 You mean since September. He got hurt in their first game.
Aaron was never coming back this season, playoffs or not. Any athlete or physician knew that right off the bat. A 40-year-old simply doesn't set unprecedented and ground-breaking physiological records. Which is why the Jets owners made sure they wouldn't make the playoffs, and play their worse, in order to make Rodgers return next season an even bigger event than his signing. They can't just write off their investment.
@@woodcutta6461 3 snaps doesn't count as playing real football. The last time Aaron played real football was 350 days ago. The Lions were smacking him around so badly, I actually felt bad for him and was thinking "This dude should retire." th-cam.com/video/PXKtdchmiEI/w-d-xo.html
What? Aaron Rodgers lied? No way!
😂😂
Awwwww, you’re still wearing a mask, aren’t you? 😷
He's not the media dude. They hyped this up, not him.
When has he ever lied?
Oh you must be one of those bitter triple-vaxxxed drones.
I don’t think any of us actually expected him to play this season but I agree his practice footage was very impressive to me personally. When I was 14 I tore my ACL and even being as young and healthy as I was it took me 6-7 months before I trusted my leg and as we know with the ACL being stability oriented an Achilles tear is considered more severe. All I’m saying to have experienced the lesser of the 2, seeing him actually moving and throwing after a few months blew my mind.
I’m glad they are ruling him out, the last thing I want to see is watch his talent go to waste because he tried pushing himself to early.
Hey man I heard about this bridge in Brooklyn for sale you would be perfect for it....
NFL doctors…
@@epiccollision You own the Brooklyn Bridge? Seriously, how have yo never heard of the _B r o o k l y n B r i d g e_ Jesus, at least get the joke right
I hate that this narrative is giving credit to Rodgers as if he did anything other than asking to try and rehab as fast as possible. No mention or credit to the actual physical therapists and rest of the rehab team who were responsible for helping him safely push the boundary is ridiculous
lol.
He does occassional mention/reference the team at AAA or something similar and credits tge surgeon but definitely makes it seem like it is 95-99+% himself..He is who we thought he was...
LOL... you are something else. @@ES-qt6yo
He saw how bad the o-line was and decided saying he wouldn't be 100% was better than destroying the o-line with criticism
I’m surprised you didn’t do the Keaton Mitchell injury.
Would be nice to hear a video on Keaton Mitchell - I know not a superstar in the NFL but would have been nice.
Thanks for the videos. Enjoyed them much. I tore my AT 11/30. I'm 69, have been very active my whole life (between pro level and much more than weekend warrior usage). My surgeon used the PARS system. I asked about the Speedbridge, he will not use it anymore (and as you said not "new" by any means :)) which he had previously. He has seen an anchor release and because of the added tension pain can appear in the heel for a period of time. Anyway I'm ~6 weeks now and things are progressing well. I have read literally 100's of hours of studies/procedures/protocols on the rehab of the AT. Currently per my surgeon and PT (who I have had for other various rehabs); and based on many rehab protocols out there it is time to begin gentle AROM dorsiflexion (6-9 weeks). HOWEVER I have come across numerous studies and protocols calling for delaying that step to 12 weeks (to minimize overlengthing of the AT, maximizing the functionality of it). Being very anal about many things, considering my age, at this point I am pushing for at least 10 weeks to begin 5 degree although I could do that now easily. It is tough on me, my AAA personality; wanting to get back to the many activities that I enjoy and are required of me. But I want to minimize that possibility of elongating the AT and maximizing the power it generates when properly healed to as close as possible its original length. I know I will never regain original strength based on studies but will push hopefully 85%+ and definitely will never get back the size. It seems the two biggest drawbacks waiting that long would be additional atrophy (been lifting weights for 45 years so that doesn't bother me, I'll get back whatever is possible); and not working the collagen, scar tissue early so that will take longer to remodel. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the waiting of the dorsi movement. Again, thanks for the videos and once I got into this topic had to chuckle at AR as the old saying goes you can't fool mother nature. The AT just needs that time to heal being up against the biologics of it.
I’m actually in that phase right now I actually injured nine like 2 days before he’s and this is what I was waiting on the truth. Brian you were spot on 💪🏾💯
lol.
I can’t wait for next season
Can you react to Sean Kuarly's scary injury? I can understand if you can't do it during the christmas holidays.
Would be nice to see coverage of Rhenz Abando's injury playing in the KBL and see how it will affect his future in basketball.
Hey Dr. Sutterer. Could you please do a video on Lionel Messi’s knee. There has been a picture circulating the internet and some are saying Osgood-Schlaters but I would be curious for your input.
Thank you!
He basically said I would play not at 100% if jets has playoff hopes
Now that they are eliminated why play ?
He can't play whether they had playoff hopes or not. He just said it wasn't realistic and he wouldn't be medically cleared to play. It's not up to him whatsoever - he can't play.
@@archie15900 that’s not what he said , watch the full interview.. he said if the jets were alive he would play regardless if he was 100% or not
I bet he'd be willing to return at 70% if the Jets had playoff hopes. What's the point now, comeback player award?
As a regular Joeshmo who tore his achilles playing pickup ball (op Nov 28th) one of the most frustrating things I’ve had to deal with is friends / family / coworkers telling me “you’ll be back in no time just look at Aaron Rodgers”
you should cover the videos of neymars knee rehab. he seems to be in tons of pain, and it would be interesting to see your take on it
Can you please provide information regarding stem cells treatment? And how they could impact recovery times?
The current state of stem cell therapy is just not ready. It basically consists of dumping a bunch of random cells into the wound, hoping there are actually some stem cells there, (sometimes there are, sometimes not) and hoping they do what you want them to.
At this point we lack understanding of the signalling and growth factors that control their differentiation.
Current stem cell therapy is analogous to dumping a bunch of logs on an empty lot and expecting to come back a month later and find a house there.
...well that clears it up Mr. Science Man @@married_incel
On another note of quick recovery, what are your thoughts of neymars situation with ACL surgery and his medical team
Funny how all the Rodgers haters are always the quickest to come 😂
I went through this injury and rehab. Of course, I'm not a professional athlete. Six months minimum for an NFL player. One of the hardest things to do is convince yourself it's not going to happen again. Especially with 300lb dudes chasing you.
Waiting on the Elijah Moore vid 🤕😔
He’s immunized from telling the truth.
Emma keeping receipts.
Ouch 😂
He also has top notch medical care! My husband had the same surgery last Dec and is just now almost 100%! Almost a full year!
There's physical limitations on human recovery even with the best doctors it generally takes a year not to mention he's an older guy. Also game shape is harder than regular shape which makes up the difference, compared to a regular everyday person.
Hope he has a good healthy season next year
Aaron Rodgers also had access to a number of therapies most of us either don't have access to or can't afford. A $50,000 Alter-G Treadmill, $1-2k PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections, stem cell therapy and use of a bariatric chamber for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. I'm glad he's using those to maximize tissue healing, but those therapies, plus his physical condition as a professional athlete may be part of the reason he and other athletes can recover quicker than most. Just a thought. 😊
hope everythings been ok man! blessings your way. would love to hear your opinion on this lebron injury.
I tore mine playing lacrosse at the end of April. Just starting to get back to sprints now. Hella jealous of this man
I know you focus on football, but I would really like to hear your opinion about Shoei Ohtani’s UCL injury and Tommy John surgery. I guess I want to know if the Dodgers are taking a big risk with him.
Can you do Keaton Mitchell injury
Never change Moonbeam! Glad he is in New York now.
There is a highlight reel on TH-cam that last for about a second for Rodgers tenure with the Jets, he calls hike then goes down. Funny af now that he's close to full health.
They might have said what they said to encourage the team and give hope to the fan base.
The inflection on 100% differentiates between admission and clarification, though. ACL RTP at 9 months isn’t even at “100%”; remodel of a tendon graft into ligament tissue is 2-4 years.
Excuse me Mr @briansutterMD Would you cover what happened to Ilja Dragunov and could you explain on how he got hurt on wwe nxt last night please?
Still wanting to see motocross injury breakdowns. Eli Tomacs achilles injury would be a good 1. Hes making a comeback from injury where he had the '23 Supercross title nearly wrapped up.
Hey can you give us a break down of the WWE Charlotte Flair injury? Sounds like she may have torn her ACL, MCL, and Meniscus.
The players 100% isnt the same as a medical clearance of 100%. If Rodgers had the hankering to play in week 18 for a half, im sure they would give it to him. I think the speculation of 100% is literally based on player vs medical evaluation. and the player will always have a higher percentage. I dont think he was contradicting more than challenging himself.
Yup. He never committed to anything and clarified whenever pressed or the boys implied. He is always very clear with his position and will update it if necessary. People just don’t like him so they don’t listen to what he says and just call him arrogant and judge him. It’s an indictment on them not him.
Shocked SHOCKED I AM
Thank you doctor. As a 60 year old personal trainer, in the midst of recovering from a right hip replacement, I really needed to hear that:) Appreciate.
Requesting Elijah Moore involuntary movement video.
Lmao it’s funny how mad people are at him. The same people that are mad he’s not coming back are the same people that would’ve been mad if he came back and played
100.
I think personally he probably feels super disappointed and terrible that he got injured game 1 drive 1 of year 1 with his first new team in the NFL since drafted. He wanted to believe and so did everyone else that he could come back and light it up en route to a playoff push/run. Hes inching closer to 40 and also needs to realistically look at remaining healthy to resume play, but also for the rest of his life. Thanks for your quality assessment Brian 👍
I think it would help ticket sales and fan base support if they could maintain hope. I think it's unrealistic to think the jets would make the playoffs and have Aaron show up as the closer.
How is "at any point during the regular season" and after the regular season, ie. playoffs, contradictory?
Dr. Sutterer is actually wearing his pajamas.
Joe Rogan acting like he fixed it
Also, the Jets are 5-9 right now, so there’s no point in wheeling Rogers out to get busted up when their season is essentially over.
Back in 2009 I suffered a grade 3 proximal humorous fracture from a fall landing on the point of my shoulder. 7 hours of surgery and 3 years of rehab. the first year was just mobilization and the rest was just getting strength back I never got all of the power back, but like you said, things progressed quickly and the last 10 percent I gained too so long and was depressing. He is lucky he can go back to his career, I lost mine over that. Best of luck to Aaron, and thanks for the video. Look forward to seeing you after some injury news.
Are you a professional athlete? No? Then your experience doesn't matter. Moreover, it's not even the same goddamn injury that you're trying to compare. A broken arm and a torn achilles aren't the same. "I lost mine over that," you never had one in the NFL or any professional sports league. Also, this isn't about you--it's about Aaron Rodgers. No one cares about your grade 3 proximal humourous (that's misspelled, btw) fracture. Who are you? No one that any of us give a damn about and no one that's being paid millions to sling a football for our entertainment.
...sorry to hear that. Same same but different.
Plot twist: that practice footage waa from this summer 😂😂😂
Doc can you review bradley beal's injury
Yeah get moving right away. I had my hip replaced and I was moving that day. I never thought Aaron was going to be at NFL level of play this year but he's done amazing.
i think that little kick could be an adjustment he made to keep that foot from getting rolled up on?
Not to read too far into it, but I think what Rodgers was implying was that there's no way he would be 100% by the end of the season, but if they were still in contention he could have played in a similar fashion to what we saw from Burrow earlier this year who was clearly playing while not 100%. And that by the playoffs he would have been 100% barring a setback.
The thing you have to be careful about with Rodgers is he's very particular with his words, and you have to avoid giving him the benefit of the doubt, OR making any assumptions on what he's saying. Never assume anything when it comes to what he's saying. Because technically what he said wasn't a contradiction if you look at what he said under the Rodgers lens.
This Doc is a hater and needed this let him have it lol
I think the best thing we can take away is that a good mindset is really powerful. Was it unrealistic to believe he could make that comeback? Yes. But did that motivation and mindset have his recovery go well? Absolutely
you could see how violently Rodgers achillies snapped through his sock in slow motion. i was like ……. unless that was CGI there is no…. effing… way…. he is back this year. im so relieved this guy is out of our market and i dont have to put up with this anymore.
Spoken like a true someone who isn’t a fan of sports or athletes. Rooting for his demise and using your uneducated advice vs that of the man himself and his dr / recovery staff. He’s glad to be out of your market too..
@@cryptalsmo1649 just keep stuffing that straw man you made there.
For a brief moment I thought you were going to interview Rodgers.
Not gonna lie, that practice footage was impressive indeed, considering the timeline.
I think you misunderstood what he said on Pats' show. He is medically cleared to play, If he wasn't, the nfl would not allow him to be active on the roster, and they would have to put him back on injured reserve. What he said is he would be playing if the jets were going to the playoffs, he isn't at 100% but he is cleared to play which is impressive whichever way you look at it
Aaron wants to be relevant. He isn't motivated by team goals, just his goals. As a lifetime Green Bay fan, I can tell you that Jets fans don't yet understand the depths of this guy's ego. But you will.
I wonder if he would push it if the Jets were in the playoffs.
I think if they were in the playoff hunt he likely would’ve tried.
However, maybe not with how Wilson had been running first life behind that o-line.
I knew he was not going to return. He is not stupid. And this was probably for the morale of the fans, himself, and the team. Jets suck but the shirts look great.
Tbf to Rodgers regarding that report stating that was expected to be “medically cleared”: Schefter is notorious for being an unreliable source.
He does have contacts, but it’s clear that he either just spews a report on whatever is a hot topic, or simply does not vet his sources.
It was a confidence booster for his team. He was never gonna come back
It was all about if they made a playoff run! He made that clear!!!!
I think he was being a leader and trying to give that locker room hope so they’d still compete.
Rodgers knew the social media and sports journalism pull he'd get from all the injury talk through out this season. Im sure his manager told him to play the story of "coming back soon" so his name would still be in the ticker and in the hash tags all season long.
I knew he wouldn't be back, maybe if the Jets made it to the playoffs, but otherwise what's the point, especially behind that o-line. But also, I've heard you say multiple times that he's not a particularly mobile qb...have you watched many Rodgers games? Yes he's known for his throwing talent, and he's not a rushing qb in a Lamar, Vick, Cam, Allen type of way. But he's 8th all time in qb rushing attempts, 10th all time for qb rushing yards, and tied for 10th all time in qb rushing tds. He is most definitely a 'mobile' qb. Which just added to me doubting that he'd be back, it just didn't make sense.
Kind of misrepresenting what Rodgers said to save the narrative of "See? I told you Rodgers could never heal up in a short window!".
What Rodgers said was that he was still likely a few weeks out from being 100%. He never said he was unable to play if he was at 85% or 90%.
It all comes down to this... The Jets are eliminated and he has no incentive to rush back at 90% now. He will wait until he is fully 100% healed, which he said was probably another 3 or 4 weeks.
In any event, he is still ready to go about 6 months ahead of schedule. Even just practicing as he has been has pretty much proved the doubters wrong.
People calling it a publicity stunt, or saying Rodgers should have pushed back on the narrative of coming back may be missing the fact that Rodgers likely just wanted to come back and play and was trying to be hopeful. The man loves ball. Its been his career for almost 20 years, and been his life since High School and probably well before that.
Even looking at my own life, I'm 25 now and haven't played football since I was 20 and tore my acl in Junior College, and I would do damn near anything to be able to play again. Rodgers likely just has had 'Rose colored glasses' about his body recovering from this injury and didn't want to think about or acknowledge it being over.
Nah, this is the covid "immunized" thing all over again. He's a diva, and he knew he would be out for the season.
You're 25 and a very optimistic young man, as you should be. But for your ambitions to materialize, get real. Understand that the NFL is a business, not a sport. That the Johnsons are investors after returns, not talent hunters. And learn more about Rodgers. You'll see that more than simply being an all-time football great, he is a PR master first and foremost, able to capture headlines for years without winning anything noticeable. Peace, Trevor.
@@jeanfourcade Eh, like you said.. he _is_ an all-time football great. His stats are very good.. he's a great player, even if he's lacking so me IQ.. and he does still have a Super Bowl win, so.. "without winning anything noticeable" isn't all that true.
@@hhaste I stand corrected : I should have said "nothing noticeable in 13 years". Besides, the man took GB to 4 NFC games since then. You're right.
@@hhaste He should've outright beat the Seahawks in the 2014 NFC championship with four or five turnovers by Russell Wilson.....
Totally agree, narrative got way out of hand
The impression I had from Rodgers the entire time was that if the Jets are going to make the playoff, then he was planning and hoping to be ready to play.
I’ve seen him mislead before, by saying he was “inoculated,” but I do not feel misled about the current saga.
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