Aaron Rodgers's Injury Update: Glimpse into His Rehab & Practice

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - Here is Robert Sala giving us the breakdown

00:05 of what Aaron's gonna be able to do.

00:08 - You know, for Aaron, different than like Hardy and Wes,

00:12 where we're getting those guys ready to play.

00:14 This is more, this isn't so much getting ready to play

00:17 as much as it is a progression in his rehab.

00:20 I can get in all the detail with regards to IR designations

00:24 and all that and where we stand

00:26 and why we're able to do this.

00:28 But for Aaron, what he will be doing in practice

00:32 is no different than what he'd be doing on field three

00:34 as you guys all watch it.

00:36 With regards to certain drills and individual,

00:39 being able to throw it,

00:40 instead of throwing with staff members,

00:42 he's throwing with teammates.

00:43 So there's no added risk to it.

00:45 He's not, there's certain things that he's been cleared for

00:48 that we're gonna allow him to do.

00:50 - Sure, Joe.

00:51 So Joe, let's just call it like it is.

00:53 Nobody comes and starts practicing again

00:55 two and a half months after getting this injury.

00:57 Nobody, nobody does.

00:58 I don't care who you are, quarterback, a running back,

01:00 a wide receiver, a defensive man, safety.

01:02 Nobody goes and does this.

01:03 And his malarkey answer there about,

01:06 well, it's just another part of the rehab process.

01:09 That's nonsense, Joe.

01:10 Do you wanna know what's really going on here, Joe?

01:12 It's one of two things

01:13 and maybe even a little combination of both.

01:15 Number one, Aaron Rodgers wants to be able

01:17 to walk around everybody and say,

01:18 I was the fastest person to ever come back

01:20 from a torn Achilles.

01:21 'Cause it's always about Aaron Rodgers

01:23 and he likes to do that.

01:24 Number two, I think he wants to swoop in

01:27 in the last two games

01:28 for what's been an absolutely miserable season

01:32 for the New York Jets.

01:33 Swoop in the final two games, probably win them.

01:37 'Cause they play a Pat's week 18, who they never beat.

01:39 So that Aaron can say, look,

01:41 and Robert Sala and everybody else would say,

01:43 this is what this year would have looked like

01:46 if I was healthy all year.

01:47 And we gotta bring everybody back.

01:49 Rob, Hackett, everybody,

01:52 because Aaron's gonna be healthy

01:53 and this is what you're gonna see.

01:55 Ham, ham, ham, right?

01:58 Bring them all back, right?

02:00 It's amazing.

02:01 I tweeted out Carver that if he comes back too soon,

02:05 what is the pain and discomfort level

02:08 from the Achilles tendon that he tore in week number one?

02:11 Is it one minute, one week, one month,

02:14 or 12 plus months?

02:16 He's got no shot, in my opinion,

02:18 to come back from this and play at a high level.

02:20 We saw Dan Marino back in the day suffer the Achilles.

02:24 Yeah, the first game back was against the Patriots.

02:27 He threw for 500.

02:28 And a couple of years ago, what?

02:31 Caremakers had the Achilles, what?

02:33 At the, towards the end of the 21 season

02:36 and came back in like a seventh or an eighth month period.

02:39 That's not three months.

02:41 That's not 79 days, as you know.

02:43 There is no way.

02:44 He's 40 years old.

02:46 He's gotta push off the recovery.

02:49 And it's one thing to do it in terms of practice.

02:53 It's another thing to do it

02:54 when you have 290 pound defense alignment headed after you.

02:58 So can we stop already?

03:00 He's not coming back.

03:01 And if he does, they're gonna bury him.

03:03 They are.

03:04 They're not gonna play at a high level.

03:06 You have a better shot with Zach Wilson

03:08 than you do Aaron Rodgers.

03:09 - I just, I don't know, Joe.

03:13 It's part publicity stunt,

03:15 part what I think is trying to bring everybody back.

03:18 He just, it has to always be.

03:21 - Yeah, it's about him.

03:22 - He's gotta get himself in there somehow.

03:24 He's gotta get, he's gotta squeeze himself in

03:27 in front of the camera.

03:28 And look, we all fall for it because what are we doing, Joe?

03:31 We're starting to show with it today.

03:32 I mean, we all fall right into the trap,

03:35 but you gotta talk about it because it's a story.

03:39 It is what it is.

03:40 - But how is he gonna manipulate

03:43 or get outside the pocket on an attendant

03:45 that is basically, you mentioned it,

03:47 79 days reconstructed.

03:49 I mean, we're not talking,

03:51 I mean, the Achilles is how you set up in terms of throw.

03:55 You gotta push off.

03:56 You have to utilize that for balance inside the pocket.

04:00 He tore it so gingerly on not even a big hit

04:04 that now with the reconstruction

04:06 and all the pins and screws, he could tear it again.

04:10 I mean, Carver, this is terrible.

04:12 But you know what?

04:13 He'll try to give it a go.

04:15 And guess what?

04:16 They'll get buried in terms of the game

04:18 because there's no way he's gonna go out there

04:20 and throw for 300.

04:22 If he does, then he was never injured in the first place.

04:24 How about that?

04:25 I'll say it.

04:26 (upbeat music)

04:29 [MUSIC]

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