Quarterback Aaron Rodgers # 8 of the New York Jets is taken care of after being sacked by Leonard Floyd #56 of the Buffalo Bills and suffering an evident Achilles injury in the video game at MetLife Stadium on September 11, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered an Achilles tendon tear, the NFL verified on Tuesday, a devastating injury that’ll sideline him for the rest of 2023– and might possibly end his profession.
An MRI exposed the injury, the NFL Network and Pro Football Talk both reported, following the Jets’ overtime triumph on Monday night over the Buffalo Bills.
The future Hall of Fame quarterback, whose addition to the Jets was among football’s most talked-about off-season acquisitions, was assisted off the field following a sack by the Bills’ Leonard Floyd.
Rodgers, who turns 40 later on this year, had actually invested this whole profession with the Green Bay Packers prior to pertaining to the Jets, in hopes of rejuvenating the franchise that’s withstood 7 successive losing seasons.
Even prior to word of the MRI appeared on Tuesday, Jets coach Robert Saleh appeared shaken as he spoke with press reporters late Monday night, following New York’s 22-16 overtime triumph.
“I hurt for Aaron and how much he’s invested in all of this,”Saleh stated.
Rodgers took 4 snaps versus the Bills on Monday: Handing it off to running back Breece Hall for a 26- backyard gain, tossing an insufficient pass and drawing a 5-yard Buffalo charge prior to the sack by Floyd.
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