{"id":8351,"date":"2023-09-13T02:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/new-york-jets-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-to-miss-the-rest-of-the-2023-nfl-season-with-an-achilles-tear-coach-says\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T02:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:46:45","slug":"new-york-jets-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-to-miss-the-rest-of-the-2023-nfl-season-with-an-achilles-tear-coach-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/new-york-jets-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-to-miss-the-rest-of-the-2023-nfl-season-with-an-achilles-tear-coach-says\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to miss the rest of the 2023 NFL season with an Achilles tear, coach says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, making his debut with the New York Jets, was carted off the field after suffering a left Achilles injury on just his fourth play in the team\u2019s Monday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the rest of the 2023 NFL season.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Jets head coach Robert Saleh told reporters on a media call Tuesday: \u201cHe\u2019s out for the year. He needs surgery.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Saleh said he didn\u2019t have information on the four-time Most Valuable Player\u2019s surgery schedule and recovery process. At 39, Rodgers is the second oldest player in the league, and this was to be his 19th season.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Saleh told reporters, \u201cWe know it\u2019s torn. That\u2019s been confirmed.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Jets indirectly referenced the bleak outlook of the injury on social media, posting on X, formerly known as Twitter: \u201cNot the way any of us wanted it to go, but we know the commitment you\u2019ve made to this team will continue to impact us moving forward. Get well soon, Aaron Rodgers.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The injury occurred when Rodgers was sacked by Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The 39-year-old hobbled up for a few moments before going back down to the ground. He was attended to by Jets medical staff before being helped off the field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      After being looked at in the blue medical tent on the sidelines, the 39-year-old was taken to the locker room on a cart, and he missed the rest of the game.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Saleh said he spoke to Rodgers on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cAs you guys can imagine, he\u2019s \u2026 down, you know,\u201d the coach said, adding he didn\u2019t talk with the quarterback about his future. \u201cI\u2019ll let him answer those questions.\u201d  <\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline gallery--hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__main\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__container\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__slides\">                                                                                                                                <\/div>\n<p>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__prev-overlay\"><\/button>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__next-overlay\"><\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"gallery-inline__headline\">The best photos from the 2023 NFL season<\/h5>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__counter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__controls\">        <button class=\"gallery-inline__prev\">          Prev                  <\/button>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__next\">          Next                  <\/button>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Rodgers\u2019 back-up, Zach Wilson, came in to fill the quarterback void and led the team to a 22-16 overtime victory over the Bills after undrafted rookie wide receiver Xavier Gipson returned a punt 65 yards for a walk-off touchdown.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Rodgers\u2019 most meaningful action of the evening turned out to be running out onto the field before the game holding the US flag in a tribute to the September 11 terrorist attacks, with the game being held 22 years after the incidents which saw 2,977 people killed in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The reaction to Rodgers\u2019 injury on social media was filled with emotion, with many Jets fans mourning the loss of the player they thought might be a final piece in a Super Bowl-winning team. ESPN host and Jets fan Mike Greenberg said on Tuesday that the emotional rollercoaster of the last six months makes this such a painful moment.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cI want more than anyone to be furious today, but the reality is, sometimes things just happen. There really isn\u2019t anybody to be mad at,\u201d Greenberg said on \u2018Get Up.\u2019 \u201cFootball is inherently a violent and dangerous game, injuries are going to take place 100% of the time and you just have to hope that yours is not the team, if you are a fan, whose season is destroyed by an injury.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cHalf the contenders in the league at a minimum would have their contention taken away if their quarterback went down. Half the teams in the league could not overcome an injury like this. The Jets built absolutely everything in their team, in their season, the entire organization shaped around Aaron Rodgers and he deserved it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cFrom the moment they got him, he has been invested beyond anyone\u2019s wildest dreams \u2026 The idea that his season would be over in four plays never entered my mind.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cWe all wanted to see Aaron Rodgers out there, one of the greatest players to ever play the game,\u201d Wire said Tuesday morning. \u201cFour-time league MVP and this was supposed to be the moment where he comes and brings the Jets back to their glory, which happened about 55 years ago when Broadway Joe (Namath) \u2026 that was their only Super Bowl title.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Jets edged the Bills, who are considered a Super Bowl contender \u2013 with a late touchdown Monday night and Wire thinks the New York team could still win a lot of games.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Before being traded in the offseason, Rodgers had spent the first 18 seasons of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers, where he led the team to a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl XLV in 2011.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Rodgers won MVP awards in 2011, 2014, 2020 and 2021, while setting numerous records for his accuracy and deadliness over the years.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    Fake grass controversy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Saleh downplayed speculation about the role the new field turf at MetLife Stadium played in Rodgers\u2019 serious injury.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cIf it was a noncontact injury, I think that\u2019d be something to discuss obviously, but that was kind of a forcible \u2013 I think that was trauma-induced,\u201d Saleh said at the news conference. \u201cI do know the players prefer grass and there\u2019s a lot invested in those young men.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Green Bay Packers offensive lineman and Rodgers\u2019 former teammate, David Bakhtiari, called out the NFL on the artificial turf in the league after Rodgers\u2019 injury.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cCongrats @nfl. How many more players have to get hurt on ARTIFICIAL TURF??! You care more about soccer players than us. You plan to remove all artificial turf for the World Cup coming up. So clearly it\u2019s feasible,\u201d Bakhtiari\u2019s post, which drew thousands of replies, said on social media site X on Monday. \u201cI\u2019m sick of this..Do better!\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Data from from the past eight years shows there is no difference in the rate of Achilles injuries on natural grass and synthetic surfaces, Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy, and health and safety, said during a virtual news conference Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cBecause an injury happens on a surface doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s actually caused by that surface and in this case, we haven\u2019t seen a data difference for Achilles injuries,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more work to do. We don\u2019t want those injuries in the game. We want to prevent those that we can, especially major injuries like those.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      When asked what message it sends to league players that a few stadiums change their surfaces from artificial to grass for soccer and revert back to the synthetic field for football, Miller said, \u201cIf there was one, that\u2019s fine. We do spend a lot of time thinking about surfaces and their injury rates and how those relate to how our game is played in the particular use cases for football.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Miller said certain natural grass surfaces have a lower injury rate than synthetic surfaces and some synthetic surfaces that have a lower injury rate than natural grass. The league will study what role different surfaces might or might not play in injuries, he said.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, making his debut with the New York Jets, was carted off the field after suffering a left Achilles injury on just his fourth play in the team\u2019s Monday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the rest of the 2023 NFL season. 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