Aaron Rodgers.Photo:Michael Owens/Getty
Michael Owens/Getty
Four days after tearing his left Achilles, New York Jets quarterbackAaron Rodgersis opening up about howhe’s processed the season-ending injury.
“It hit me like a ton of bricks for 24 hours,” Rodgers, 39, said duringan interviewonThe Pat McAfee Showon Friday. “There were moments of just sobbing.”“There was a lot of anger, like why? Why is this happening?” Rodgers added.
Rodgers said he immediately knew he tore his Achilles tendon while trying to evade a tackle during the first drive of the Jets’ season opener Monday night against the Buffalo Bills. The injury came four plays into Rodgers’ highly anticipated debut in New York,where he was traded this offseasonafter 17 years with the Green Bay Packers.
Aaron Rodgers.Michael Owens/Getty
The four-time NFL MVP isstill bedridden after getting surgery Tuesday. “I am not able to put any weight on it yet,” said Rodgers, who called into McAfee’s show from his recovery room, still wearing a hospital bracelet.
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The indication that Rodgers is hoping he can be back on the field ahead of expectations drew some teasing from The Pat McAfee Show’s panel, including from Rodgers’ former Packers teammate A.J. Hawk.“What are you trying to say? You’re trying to be the fastest guy ever to come back from an Achilles injury?” Hawk asked.
“We’ll see what happens,” Rodgers replied, before adding, “I think as Kevin Garnett said, anything’s possible.”
Rodgers said “I’m going to try and push this thing as much as it’ll allow me to.”“I’ve got to see where I’m at after a week or two weeks, in a month, and two months, and then we’ll see what the conversation is from there,” Rodgers said.
source: people.com
