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Coach Robert Saleh mentioned the staff believes Rodgers injured his left Achilles tendon when he was sacked by Buffalo’s Leonard Floyd and fell awkwardly on the leg throughout Monday night time’s 22-16 extra time win over the Payments.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the New York Jets lasted simply 4 snaps.
And now the four-time MVP and a shell-shocked fanbase should see how lengthy he may be sidelined.
Coach Robert Saleh mentioned the staff believes Rodgers injured his left Achilles tendon when he was sacked by Buffalo’s Leonard Floyd and fell awkwardly on the leg throughout Monday night time’s 22-16 extra time win over the Payments.
“Involved together with his Achilles. MRI might be going to substantiate what we predict goes to occur, so prayers tonight. Nevertheless it’s not good,” a somber Saleh mentioned.
Saleh mentioned the 39-year-old Rodgers would have the MRI on Tuesday after X-rays through the sport had been damaging. NFL Community reported Rodgers’ left foot was in a black strolling boot as he was carted to the X-ray room.
“Personally, I don’t damage for me, I don’t damage for our locker room,” Saleh mentioned. “I damage for Aaron and the way a lot he has invested in all of this. I’m going to say a prayer. I’m nonetheless going to carry out hope. However my coronary heart’s with Aaron proper now, no one else.”
After a 26-yard run by Breece Corridor on the Jets’ opening play, Rodgers threw his first cross away after getting heavy stress from Greg Rousseau. Rodgers threw incomplete on the subsequent play, however Terrel Bernard was known as for defensive holding.
Then, Rodgers tried to keep away from a dashing Floyd, who wrapped up the quarterback and took him all the way down to the MetLife Stadium turf. Rodgers appeared to succeed in down at his leg earlier than trainers attended to him. He stood up after a couple of moments, however wanted assist attending to New York’s sideline.
Rodgers was taken to the blue medical tent to be examined — after which sat on a cart. Midway to the locker room, he hopped off the cart and limped inside.
“Clearly, simply seeing how he responded to getting up and all the things and limping off the sector, it wasn’t something good,” mentioned broad receiver Allen Lazard, who performed 5 seasons with Rodgers in Inexperienced Bay. “However truthfully, it’s nearly like comical simply on how this entire offseason performed out for him to go down the primary sport with out even finishing a cross and all the things.”
Zach Wilson changed Rodgers simply 3:45 into the sport and completed 14 of 21 for 140 yards, together with a landing cross to Garrett Wilson, and an interception.
The third-year quarterback would begin for the Jets subsequent Sunday at Dallas if Rodgers, as anticipated, is sidelined.
“Yeah, he’ll be the man,” Saleh mentioned.
The harm silenced a crowd that had been raucous simply minutes earlier, anticipating Rodgers’ Large Apple debut. The Jets haven’t made it to the Tremendous Bowl since Joe Namath received the franchise’s solely championship through the 1968 season, and annoyed followers hoped Rodgers’ arrival was step one to getting again to the massive sport.
Rodgers jogged onto the sector throughout participant introductions with an American flag in hand on the twenty second anniversary of the Sept. 11 assaults and acquired his first official welcome from Jets followers.
With hip-hop artist and actor Methodology Man saying Rodgers’ title — accompanied by a laser mild present — the quarterback bought enormous applause.
New York acquired Rodgers, the No. 15 general choose and a fifth-rounder on this yr’s draft from Inexperienced Bay on April 26. In alternate, the Packers bought the thirteenth general choice, a second-rounder, a sixth-rounder and a conditional 2024 second-round choose that would turn into a first-rounder if Rodgers performs 65% of New York’s performs this season — a situation that now seems extremely unlikely.
Rodgers, who spent his first 18 seasons with Inexperienced Bay, raised expectations for the Jets and their fan base when he mentioned he expects to win in New York and identified throughout his introductory information convention that the staff’s solely Tremendous Bowl trophy appears “lonely.”
If wholesome, he would give the Jets their most achieved quarterback since Brett Favre, who was acquired from Inexperienced Bay in 2008 — clearing the best way for Rodgers to turn into the Packers’ sign caller.
Rodgers, who has repeatedly mentioned he received’t be one-and-done with the Jets, agreed in July to a restructured contract that provides him $75 million in totally assured cash over this season and subsequent. It quantities to an almost $35 million pay lower from the deal he had with Inexperienced Bay through which he was set to make $110 million assured.