Aaron Rodgers Says Achilles Surgery "Went Great"
NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers scared his millions of fans when he tore his Achilles tendon. But apparently, the recent surgical intervention to get him better went very well!
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00:00 Aaron Rodgers says the surgery for Achilles injury went great.
00:07 After only 4 snaps into his first game with the New York Jets on September 11th, Rodgers
00:10 suffered a season ending Achilles injury.
00:16 On September 14th, Rodgers took to Instagram to let his fans know that his surgery was
00:20 successful.
00:21 "Surgery went great yesterday.
00:24 Thank you for all the love and prayers and support and thanks to the doctor and his staff
00:28 for starting me on the road to recovery."
00:32 The Jets coaching staff is optimistic that Rodgers will be back next year.
00:37 "Whenever Aaron has his mind set on something, good luck for anybody that wants to change
00:43 his mind," said the Jets offensive coordinator.
00:45 "I'd be shocked if this is the way he's going to go out," Robert Sala, Jets head coach,
00:50 told CNN.
00:52 "He's working through a whole lot of headspace things that he needs to deal with and that
00:57 will be the last thing I talk to him about," he said.
01:04 Rodgers' teammates also spoke highly about the 4-time MVP.
01:09 "He's going to attack this rehab and I think he'll probably heal faster than anyone has
01:14 ever seen someone come back from Achilles," Conor McGovern told CNN.
01:20 24-year-old Zach Wilson will assume QB duties now and he says being around Rodgers has made
01:25 him a better player.
01:27 "I feel like I've been trying to copy every little thing he's doing.
01:31 He's done an amazing job more than we could ask from his quarterbacks."
01:33 - Rodgers, Jets, and Conor McGovern.
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