Aaron Rodgers targeting historic mid-December return: Robert Saleh says if Jets QB wants to play, he’ll play

Aaron Rodgers has hinted all season that he’ll make a historically quick recovery from a Week 1 Achilles tear, and the Jets quarterback went a step further on Sunday, telling NBC he’s targeting a mid-December return.

For his part, Jets coach Robert Saleh made it clear that if Rodgers feels he’s ready, he will be in the lineup. 

“Aaron’s a big boy, a grown man, and no one’s going to know Aaron’s body like Aaron knows his body,” Saleh said Wednesday, per ESPN. “And if he feels after all the doctors clear him — I’m sure there’s a million of them, I have no idea — but if Aaron says he wants to play, he’s going to play.”

CBS Sports HQ injury expert Marty Jaramillo, who estimated earlier this season that Rodgers is, in fact, on track for a historic recovery, told CBS Sports HQ on Sunday night that he see no reason why the four-time MVP can’t return by mid-December.

His expedited steps to walking and throwing without crutches, along with the relatively new “speed bridge” procedure performed during his surgery, suggested Rodgers could be back under center as early as Dec. 17, when the Jets visit the Dolphins in Week 15. But Rodgers has played both sides while addressing his rehab on “The Pat McAfee Show,” repeatedly insisting he is ahead of schedule while downplaying the certainty of his availability in the coming weeks.

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Author : Cody Benjamin

Publish date : 2023-11-15 19:04:16

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