Aaron Rodgers' Achilles Injury: What's Next for the Jets?

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - After only four snaps as a member of the New York Jets,

00:07 a fully ruptured Achilles tendon in that left leg.

00:11 Now, not only DRS, what are the Jets going to do?

00:15 Let's focus individually first on Aaron Rodgers.

00:19 We had this conversation yesterday with Dr. David Chow,

00:22 the pro football doc.

00:23 Aaron Rodgers is 39 years old.

00:26 He is set to turn 40 years old in the month of December.

00:30 This was year number 19 for Aaron in the National Football.

00:34 A DRS and Achilles injury, a fully torn Achilles tendon,

00:38 is something that often is insurmountable to overcome.

00:42 Dr. Chow said the competitive fire in Aaron Rodgers

00:45 is not going to let his football career

00:48 end on the turf at MetLife,

00:51 only four plays in to his tenure as a New York Jet.

00:56 But DRS, what do you think is next for Aaron Rodgers?

00:59 Will we see him play NFL games once again?

01:02 - I think we will, because, you know,

01:04 athletes like to call their own shots,

01:05 specifically guys as prominent as Aaron Rodgers.

01:08 They want to go out on their own timeframe,

01:10 which means like they're just not good enough

01:11 to play anymore, and they get cut.

01:12 They can live with that.

01:13 What they can't live with is a chance to win a championship

01:16 that gets upended after four plays into a season

01:19 and how much fun they were having doing that.

01:21 But we also have to remind ourselves,

01:23 again, not 22, 23, 24 years old,

01:25 a little bit harder to heal

01:26 when you're entering into your 40s,

01:28 which you will be this year.

01:29 And also keep in mind,

01:30 I think most people forget about this, Ben.

01:32 You don't get an ACL injury, an Achilles injury,

01:34 and say, okay, well, I'm just going to sit on the couch

01:37 for eight months, and after eight months,

01:38 I'll be rocking and rolling, ready to go.

01:39 It is such a long, tedious, and lonely recovery

01:43 for these guys, which makes it so tough to do.

01:45 Sometimes you see these injuries end careers

01:47 because the player knows, like, man,

01:48 I might've been through this before.

01:50 I don't know if I can go through this grueling task again.

01:52 It's when you see people have multiple ACL tears

01:54 and how bad you feel for them,

01:55 because it's not just a surgery, and you appear.

01:58 It's so hard to just get back onto the field

02:00 and feel like yourself again.

02:02 That's what the toughest part for Aaron Rodgers

02:03 is going to be from my angle, Ben.

02:05 (upbeat music)

02:08 [Music]

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