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Saturday, May 11, will people 8 months since New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers ruptured his Achilles. When OTAs commencement 9 days later, he will beryllium a full-go.
According to Jets caput coach Robert Saleh, nan four-time MVP will person "no restrictions" erstwhile nan practices statesman connected May 20.
"Once shape 3 hits, we're not anticipating immoderate restrictions from what we tin and can't do pinch him," Saleh said Friday astatine rookie minicamp, via ESPN.
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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers looks connected during nan crippled against nan Houston Texans astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Dec 10, 2023. (Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)
Phase 3 will beryllium 10 practices successful a four-week play erstwhile teams do 11-on-11 non-contact work.
"The feline tin still sling it," Saleh said of Rodgers. "Obviously, he's still moving done his rehab, but location are nary issues connected nan trajectory connected which he's going."
The news should travel arsenic nary surprise, arsenic Rodgers moreover returned to believe successful November.
On Dec. 1, nan backmost wasn't worried astir an early return astatine all.
"My point is: What’s nan worst that tin happen?" he told reporters astatine nan time. "Something unfortunate again, and past you conscionable slow nan rehab down. I deliberation by my ain timetable that if you return nan rehab slower and a small much deliberate — 5 months, six months max — is astir apt nan magnitude to get backmost to 100 percent if you really return it slow. So, successful my opinion, there's not, like, a downside to coming backmost and reinjuring it."
New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers poses pinch his jersey aft a news convention astatine nan team's training installation successful Florham Park, New Jersey, connected April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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But nan Jets' losing continued, and everyone decided it didn't make consciousness for him to get backmost connected nan field. Rodgers has said that if nan Jets were successful nan playoff hunt by nan clip of his hopeful return day of Christmas Eve, he whitethorn person returned.
New York acquired Rodgers from nan Green Bay Packers past twelvemonth aft he spent 18 seasons there, but connected nan 4th play arsenic a Jet, Rodgers was sacked by Buffalo Bills protect extremity Leonard Floyd. Rodgers stood up, but sat down and rolled onto his backmost successful what became an instant nightmare alternatively of what was expected to beryllium a statement (the Jets did spell connected to triumph nan crippled connected a walk-off punt return for a touchdown successful overtime).
Buffalo Bills protect extremity Leonard Floyd sacks New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers early successful nan first 4th of nan Jets' location opener astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Sept. 11, 2023. (Danielle Parhizkaran / NorthJersey.com / Imagn)
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The Jets yet vanished 7-10, missing retired connected nan playoffs for a 13th consecutive season, nan longest progressive playoff drought successful master sports.
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