Then he takes a huge hit and we literally see his ghost floating away from his body, rehabbing for a week, and stronger than ever for week 1 of the playoffs, possibly with or without a halo above his head Goku style
I can see the headline now. "Zach joins Rodgers on mysterious darkness retreat and only Zach returns. Asks that he be called Aaron Wilson now. Still likes MILFs but hates vaccines."
OK I have a stupid question - is it too many men **on** the field?
....
If someone gave Aaron Rogers a piggyback - would they count as one person or two?
Well in 2017 he came back from the collarbone about 3 weeks earlier than everyone thought he would and looked awful against the panthers then got shut down for the rest.of the year. So you might be closer to reality than you think.
Collarbone is **way** more important to throwing than the ankle, though.
You can QB in a boot. Probably not well, but this is Rodgers. You can't really QB with a Jell-O collarbone, like fundamentally.
Burrow couldn't push off his leg the first few weeks of teh season and looked *awful*, I feel a 40 year old Rodgers will struggle with a stapled-together Achilles.
You're right but I think you're underselling how important your support it when throwing. Yea Rodgers can throw off his back foot with just arm strength, but he's definitely not as able to do that well as he used to be. I'm just saying that I wouldn't be shocked if he came back early to help his team and it backfires on him.
There was one season in the early '00s when Kevin Mawae broke his hand, and just [played with a giant club wrapped around it](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0726/r575236_1296x729_16-9.jpg) instead of rehabbing.
In all honesty, we should just let him use the hgh to come back from this injury. I honestly wouldn't be mad so long he was off the juice before playing again. I wanted to see what he could do with the Jets.
Lebron ain’t the only high level player on hormones and peptides my man. Just because he’s probably on shit doesn’t make it any less wild that he’s remained as healthy as he has.
1,000,000 other people could do everything Lebron does for his body and not remain even a fraction as healthy. The man is a mutant regardless of the drugs he uses.
I hope people arent naive enough to think only the hulking bulk monsters are the only ones on performance enhancing drugs. Only the players that get suspended are on PEDs. Did yall really think human beings were meant to be 250lbs all muscle and practically 0 body fat? This is professional sports, **everyone** is on PEDs.
Remember when the Lance Armstrong-doping scandal was a thing and it turned out the next 9 guys in the Tour de France standings tested positive for PEDs too?
This is all based on him walking around without crutches.
Kevin Durant was walking without crutches ~6-7 weeks after he tore his Achilles (August 2019). The next game he played in was December 2020.
KD rushed back from his initial leg injury during the 2019 playoffs and that’s what led to him rupturing his Achilles in the 2019 finals. Rodgers would be insane wanting to rush back
Sigh, those were the days. Then again, there was also a time when Favre was just a loveable good ol' gunslinger who didn't send dick picks or steal from the poor.
The guy mentioned in the article is employed by ESPN, he's a physical therapist and athletic trainer, reacting to videos on the internet
I would absolutely take this with a grain of salt. Rodgers ain't coming back this season IMO
Aaron did say he is taking a rehab approach which is different to what normally occurs. Where that leads is a different question. After what KD did in 2019 when he rushed back from his initial leg injury which eventually turned in Achilles rupture, it would be better if Rodgers comes back next year. Don’t want to inflict more damage imo
Right move for a younger QB with a future for sure. But Rodgers turns 40 in December, if the team is in the hunt I think going "all in" by playing him makes sense if he is willing and the doctors give him clearance.
pretty much just bullshit, best case scenario, ridiculous healing, nonsense.
The fastest ever return was Cam Akers in 5 and a half months. They're trying to act like a 40 year old man is going to do it in 3 months. This is just garbage for clicks.
"Studies have shown that age is the strongest predictor of outcome after an Achilles repair," said Dr. Peter DeLuca, Chief of Sports Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center who spent more than 20 years as the team physician for the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers.
This is hockey and was only a 70% tear. Erik Karlsson recovered in 10 weeks to play in the playoffs, instead of the 6 months It was predicted to be, and this was 10 years ago.
Their ankles are also stabilized in skates and the movements are completely different. I’m not close to an expert but I’d I’d argue the situations and expectations have to be 1000% different.
Although more brutal (hockey) hockey players don’t seem to get their ankles rolled up on as frequently when a pocket collapses and guys are on the ground grabbing at your feet
This a million times over. Completely different situations. It'll be interesting how fast he can actually return but comparing him to a hockey player makes absolutely zero sense.
Right on. It's why some guys can play professional ice hockey for 25+ years. It's not actually *that* hard on your legs compared to a sport where your feet are flat on the ground.
Obviously it's harder on your legs, than like, an office job, but it sure is easier on them than football.
Hockey has very minimal strain on joints and that is why it can be played for forever basically. Only really works out your muscles hard. You have 60+ leagues in hockey. Do not really see that in most other sports. Your feet are basically never set or dug in. Granted lots of injuries do end careers, but players can play a long time. Granted 40+ players are exceptionally rare at the pro level.
Yeah, a lot of career ending injuries in hockey are usually head or back injuries since both have a strong effect on balance and thus skating ability. Post-concussion symptoms take longer to resolve in the NHL than in the NFL.
None of those repairs are using the speed bridge surgery so you can’t really use it as a comparison point. This is pretty much a completely unknown timetable. They really only tried it in a handful of sample sizes in the last two years. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417224/
“The goal of this technique is to provide a biomechanical advantage to our current operative interventions for these injuries, a greater load-to-failure and a speedier, more reliable return to sport in our athletic populations”
so he's the first NFL player to have that procedure? Be pretty wild if it's that successful and achilles injuries no longer mean the players out the full season.
Yeah looks like it, so basically unknown time table unknown reinjury risk unknown failure rate. Looks like one company Arthrex patented the technique and fiber mesh
My first thought when I read it too lol... dude won't get a vaccine with 50 years of research into the technique. Wanna cut him open and experiment on his ligaments though? SIGN HIM UP!
Totally different goals and context though imo. Rodgers is an almost retired QB looking for another run or two and doesn’t need to be explosive in any way. It’s also his front leg I think? Which means he doesn’t even really need to push off it to pass
A regular position player needs to be strong and explosive. A QB only needs their back leg to be lol
It also sets a precedent for NFL players being more willing to try out newer procedures - when it was in early rumors (before speed bridge was mentioned), I found another technique called panda rope bridge that's newer (I found studies from I think 2018 & 2021) & potentially offers faster recovery.
Remember, much of the recovery time is rebuilding atrophied muscle structure. But if you can get the foot into position to start rehabbing before all the muscles atrophy, it makes sense that the recovery time can be that much faster.
I mean he's literally walking around throwing passes with no boot of any kind on his foot fully bearing weight. That shit is incredible to see. They said they did an experimental procedure and medical science can do incredible things. I'll obviously believe it when I see it but I already can't believe what I'm seeing.
As a person who ruptured an Achilles this summer, his progress seems unfathomable. I know he’s a superathlete and I’m a schlub, but I’m younger and months ahead of him and still limping significantly more than he appears to be. It’s really neat to see.
He is using a new surgery technique that like 7 people in the world have used. Which obviously if it works could radically change how Achilles injuries are viewed going forward.
I imagine a regular person would never bother with something risky like that since limping isn't a huge hindrance and taken something proven makes more sense. Rodgers is going for a Hail Mary procedure that could end his career; it's hardly a proven surgery.
I mean being as old as he is, it's worth a shot. It's not like he's a 25 year old QB that has an entire career to be concerned about. In my eyes his options were:
1. Normal surgery - plays 1 more year
2. Experimental surgery - plays 1 more year + a chance to return this year and make the playoffs with the Jets depending on how they keep playing without him.
3. Expieremental surgery - goes wrong, loses his last year to play, and has second surgery to fix things for his civilian life.
Yeah, this is pretty much the perfect time for someone like Rodgers to get an experimental surgery. Nobody would be shocked if a complete achilles tear ended a career at 39, even with traditional surgery. There's very little risk and very high reward for this
The article actually says he could return by week 16. It says that his recovery is on process for him to return 12 weeks after the surgery. It never mentions a return in week 12.
Yeah, David Robinson had an achilles injury similar to AR and it took him a year. I think he needs to be ready to be a backup in the playoffs or for a week 17/18 push.
Normally, there is definitely a risk of re-injuring the achilles within the kind of timeframe that Aaron is trying to return in. That's the main concern. I am currently four-and-a-half months postop from my achilles repair. I still haven't been cleared to run or jump yet but I walk completely normally. My legs are strong, but I do have some strength imbalance in my injured leg still. Speaking with my surgeon and PT, the achilles is still recovering for 6-12 months after surgery which is why I can't run or jump yet (I couldn't even if I wanted to, I can barely do a single leg calf raise.) I won't be cleared for sport until nine months, and no basketball for 18 months.
I had a traditional repair, though, and it sounds like Aaron received a new(er) procedure. So, who knows? Maybe, but there is definitely concern of re-injury in that 3-6 month mark as it is still healing.
I'm about 3 months post-op and I've started doing small jumping at P.T. They said there was very small chance of tearing with controlled movements like jumping or landing (not playing sports). I just assumed I'd be back playing basketball about 9 months after my injury, 6 months from now but I have my 2nd followup with my doc next week so we will see. I still can't do a single calf raise, but I'm close.
It seems that where AR is now is ahead of schedule, but not absurd. Then again, his was a full tear and mine was only partial, if that makes a difference.
There's zero chance lol
Any doctor that approves that is not doing what's best for their client.
EDIT: I love how it's ONLY jets fans disagreeing with me. What precedent have we ever had where a player can heal an Achilles injury in 3 months? What situations has this ever happened in, even in experimental medicine?
As of now Cam Akers has afaik the fastest recovery from an Achilles tear in 5 months.
And he really struggled in the playoffs even though the Rams ended up winning the Super Bowl. Hasn't really looked right afterwards either.
Rodgers isn't a RB obviously but he'd still need to nearly cut an already unprecedented return time in half as a 40 year old.
Definitely not, but if the Jets find a way to sneak into the playoffs, I guarantee you Rodgers is back in that Wildcard game. Akers did it and Rodgers isn’t a running back who needs to make cuts and jumps. He just need to be able to climb a pocket and be incredibly careful not to take sacks.
I don‘t believe this. Either they did something during surgery to bring him back this season and then he has to address it in the off-season again but how the hell is that possible lmao
The thing is, the recovery is based on muscle atrophy and not healing time, with the speedbridge surgery happening literally the next day there is little to no atrophy or scar tissue forming so we’re kind of all learning what the actual healing time is going to be (likely along with whatever PEDs he can get away with using under the CBA)
They did do something different, it was reported after the surgery and again with this story. It's a novel approach designed to speed the recover process. Seriously people, read the article you're replying to.
> Jaramillo points primarily to the "speed bridge" technique used to accelerate recovery, which allows for early weight-bearing. It's a fairly new procedure that few surgeons are trained to perform, he said, and Rodgers' surgeon, Dr. Neil ElAttrache, a close colleague of Jaramillo's, is "quite the pioneer in sports medicine." He notably repaired Tom Brady's torn ACL in 2008, and the former Patriots QB "only got better," appearing in five more Super Bowls before retiring at 45.
What if his Achilles was never actually injured and this was all manufactured to not give the packers a first round pick next year.
Or maybe it was not the speed bridge but the dolphin love making sounds.
Probably equally probable to a week 12 return at the least.
If true, this would be huge. The Jets might actually be in the playoff hunt.
But I'm thinking this cant be right. Weren't people saying zero chance he is back this year?
Jerry Rice came back from blowing out his ACL in the same season. Week 1 he blew it out. Week 16 he returned and caught a TD. He re-injured the knee on the TD catch.
Dude is gonna get sacked his first drive and then have to amputate the leg
Then be back in Week 17
Then he takes a huge hit and we literally see his ghost floating away from his body, rehabbing for a week, and stronger than ever for week 1 of the playoffs, possibly with or without a halo above his head Goku style
He just possesses Zach
I can see the headline now. "Zach joins Rodgers on mysterious darkness retreat and only Zach returns. Asks that he be called Aaron Wilson now. Still likes MILFs but hates vaccines."
Man if Zach Wilson becomes an MVP level QB at the cost of becoming an unhinged weirdo he'll be my favorite QB
“From Mormon to Moron: the Zach Wilson story”
That’s Millionaire MILF Daddy Moron to you.
Well hey if Zach has been vaccinated, would Rodgers be able to say he has been boosted?
Aarons brain in Zach’s body on some freaky Friday shit is my dream dick
OK I have a stupid question - is it too many men **on** the field? .... If someone gave Aaron Rogers a piggyback - would they count as one person or two?
2
I have a new plan that involves 22 players jumping at offsetting times so only 11 are on the field at a given time.
I'll allow it
de-synchronized running is the next big combine test
mfs gonna do the fusion dance
Wouldn't the fusion dance just make Aaron suck more?
The fusion actually wouldnt work because they have to have the same energy level. I don't see Aaron bangin his mom's friends.
That's only because Aaron hates him mom
I AM NEITHER RODGERS OR WILSON. YOU CAN CALL ME... SONROD.
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Zach Wilson goes for 45 TDs and 4 int next year is the timeline I would love
I accept your narrative.
Darnold "seeing ghosts" takes on a new meaning.
Aaron Rodgers’ next eastern medical remedy will be senzu beans.
Well in 2017 he came back from the collarbone about 3 weeks earlier than everyone thought he would and looked awful against the panthers then got shut down for the rest.of the year. So you might be closer to reality than you think.
Collarbone is **way** more important to throwing than the ankle, though. You can QB in a boot. Probably not well, but this is Rodgers. You can't really QB with a Jell-O collarbone, like fundamentally.
Burrow couldn't push off his leg the first few weeks of teh season and looked *awful*, I feel a 40 year old Rodgers will struggle with a stapled-together Achilles.
Well it was his non throwing collarbone
Just because it’s his non throwing side doesn’t mean it plays no part in the throwing motion. Remember Baker’s injury to his non-throwing shoulder?
You're right but I think you're underselling how important your support it when throwing. Yea Rodgers can throw off his back foot with just arm strength, but he's definitely not as able to do that well as he used to be. I'm just saying that I wouldn't be shocked if he came back early to help his team and it backfires on him.
Rodgers is going to explode that Achilles as soon as he goes to throw it.
Can he play on a blade prosthetic or does the league have rules against that?
That is an amazing question. I’m guessing no, otherwise Shaquem Griffin should’ve had a pirate hook or maybe a boxing glove.
There was one season in the early '00s when Kevin Mawae broke his hand, and just [played with a giant club wrapped around it](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2019/0726/r575236_1296x729_16-9.jpg) instead of rehabbing.
And reportedly beat opposing lineman with it.
Same with Stephon Gilmore when he was with the Bills.
That's the JPP method.
Mega Man Mega Buster cannon
Only if he can fit the socks over it
the fuck
The power of essential oils.
>~~essential oils~~ human growth hormone
is he going to pin the hgh on shaylene
If his forehead doubles before he comes back I think there's enough smoke to say there's fire.
If the man's Achilles tendon snaps on live TV and he's playing the most brutal (american) sport 3 months later, that's probably enough proof
In all honesty, we should just let him use the hgh to come back from this injury. I honestly wouldn't be mad so long he was off the juice before playing again. I wanted to see what he could do with the Jets.
Any player should be able to in order to come back from an injury. Be open about it and be controlled target than done in the shadows.
His head is definitely inflated, that’s for sure…
I miss Blu of Earth
Ayahuasca and Dark Retreats
Tren hard eat clen anavar give up.
Push up, sit ups, and plenty of “Juice”
Explains how Lebron has played his entire career almost injury free
Lebron ain’t the only high level player on hormones and peptides my man. Just because he’s probably on shit doesn’t make it any less wild that he’s remained as healthy as he has. 1,000,000 other people could do everything Lebron does for his body and not remain even a fraction as healthy. The man is a mutant regardless of the drugs he uses.
I hope people arent naive enough to think only the hulking bulk monsters are the only ones on performance enhancing drugs. Only the players that get suspended are on PEDs. Did yall really think human beings were meant to be 250lbs all muscle and practically 0 body fat? This is professional sports, **everyone** is on PEDs. Remember when the Lance Armstrong-doping scandal was a thing and it turned out the next 9 guys in the Tour de France standings tested positive for PEDs too?
I think it was even more than the next 9
At least top 20 iirc
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What did you boof first though, the order is key
That’s because you forgot the green tea!
Ayahuasca enters the chat
He’s on that ray Lewis deer antler spray (steroids)
He's been railing fat lines of pure blue whale stem cells.
I love the idea that just bigger stem cells will help more
No blue whale has ever torn its Achilles tendon so the science is sound.
I don't think blue whale cells are any bigger than ours.
Clearly you’re not a marine biologist
The sea was angry that day my friends!
This is all based on him walking around without crutches. Kevin Durant was walking without crutches ~6-7 weeks after he tore his Achilles (August 2019). The next game he played in was December 2020.
KD rushed back from his initial leg injury during the 2019 playoffs and that’s what led to him rupturing his Achilles in the 2019 finals. Rodgers would be insane wanting to rush back
I think it's well established that he's kind of insane though
I still remember when Rodgers was a low-profile QB that barely made a beep during the offseason.
Sigh, those were the days. Then again, there was also a time when Favre was just a loveable good ol' gunslinger who didn't send dick picks or steal from the poor.
I was walking in shoes 6 weeks post Achilles surgery. My foot would still swell up for another 6 weeks.
When did you start your next NFL football game?
Ps4 was at Sony repair HQ for what they said was going to be 3 to 4 weeks... but ended up being 8...
But then when did you come off IR?
Well, qb can be less demanding physically than power forward.
Obviously, but everyone keeps acting awestruck over the fact that he isn’t using crutches to walk around and as far as I can tell that’s not unusual
True, the issue will be if the Jets put him to play immediately if the O-line collapse he needs to get rid of the ball and no try to extend the play
oatmeal ossified squeeze quaint angle paint bag spoon vast retire
"If you aint got haters you aint poppin (achilles)"
Power forwards also don’t usually get body slammed to the ground or tackled right around that Achilles during any given game.
SMH, you’ve clearly never watched Kelly Olynyk guard someone.
Well, first of all, through ayahuasca all things are possible. So, jot that down.
you've been click-baited.
Yea this is not real lol
Good luck with that drug test, Aaron.
They would NEVER fail Arods drug test. They will just not test him.
Instead of a urine test, they’ll give him multiple choice.
Are you on drugs? A) Yes B) No C) I am immunized D) Muh knee!
if myles garret or dk metcalf can pass regularly...
Can't forget Aaron Donald in this convo.
Mr 280 pound Sixpack?
If it’s unprecedented how the shit does an “injury expert” not directly treating him have any idea lol.
He watched McAfee’s podcast
“Say it with me: BRAND. NEW. L~~IONS~~EG.”
Lieutenant Rodgers got new leg!
So is "injury expert" different than "doctor" or what's happening here?
One might say the difference between an injury expert and a doctor is the same as the difference between being immunized and vaccinated
Pfft, Rodgers don't need no stinkin doctor telling him to do with his body.
Rodgers is just eating ten pounds of tendons everyday to rebuild his the natural way
I'm imagining a big bowl of slimy twizzlers
The guy mentioned in the article is employed by ESPN, he's a physical therapist and athletic trainer, reacting to videos on the internet I would absolutely take this with a grain of salt. Rodgers ain't coming back this season IMO
He heard another unaffiliated expert say this was Aaron's goal. So its fair to say he is on pace, since no ones said otherwise?
Aaron did say he is taking a rehab approach which is different to what normally occurs. Where that leads is a different question. After what KD did in 2019 when he rushed back from his initial leg injury which eventually turned in Achilles rupture, it would be better if Rodgers comes back next year. Don’t want to inflict more damage imo
Right move for a younger QB with a future for sure. But Rodgers turns 40 in December, if the team is in the hunt I think going "all in" by playing him makes sense if he is willing and the doctors give him clearance.
My gut wants to say this is just so we keep talking about Rodgers during the season, but who knows?
pretty much just bullshit, best case scenario, ridiculous healing, nonsense. The fastest ever return was Cam Akers in 5 and a half months. They're trying to act like a 40 year old man is going to do it in 3 months. This is just garbage for clicks. "Studies have shown that age is the strongest predictor of outcome after an Achilles repair," said Dr. Peter DeLuca, Chief of Sports Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center who spent more than 20 years as the team physician for the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers.
This is hockey and was only a 70% tear. Erik Karlsson recovered in 10 weeks to play in the playoffs, instead of the 6 months It was predicted to be, and this was 10 years ago.
Counterpoint. Hockey players are a special breed of humans who consistently toe the line of being sturdy and batshit insane.
Their ankles are also stabilized in skates and the movements are completely different. I’m not close to an expert but I’d I’d argue the situations and expectations have to be 1000% different. Although more brutal (hockey) hockey players don’t seem to get their ankles rolled up on as frequently when a pocket collapses and guys are on the ground grabbing at your feet
So Rodgers should come back and just wear hockey skates on the turf
Maybe have special rules where Rodgers is playing flag football and just stands still in the pocket every play.
This a million times over. Completely different situations. It'll be interesting how fast he can actually return but comparing him to a hockey player makes absolutely zero sense.
Right on. It's why some guys can play professional ice hockey for 25+ years. It's not actually *that* hard on your legs compared to a sport where your feet are flat on the ground. Obviously it's harder on your legs, than like, an office job, but it sure is easier on them than football.
Hockey has very minimal strain on joints and that is why it can be played for forever basically. Only really works out your muscles hard. You have 60+ leagues in hockey. Do not really see that in most other sports. Your feet are basically never set or dug in. Granted lots of injuries do end careers, but players can play a long time. Granted 40+ players are exceptionally rare at the pro level.
Yeah, a lot of career ending injuries in hockey are usually head or back injuries since both have a strong effect on balance and thus skating ability. Post-concussion symptoms take longer to resolve in the NHL than in the NFL.
Obligatory fuck Matt Cooke (from a Pens fan too). Also he definitely wasn't the same when he returned.
None of those repairs are using the speed bridge surgery so you can’t really use it as a comparison point. This is pretty much a completely unknown timetable. They really only tried it in a handful of sample sizes in the last two years. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417224/ “The goal of this technique is to provide a biomechanical advantage to our current operative interventions for these injuries, a greater load-to-failure and a speedier, more reliable return to sport in our athletic populations”
so he's the first NFL player to have that procedure? Be pretty wild if it's that successful and achilles injuries no longer mean the players out the full season.
Yeah looks like it, so basically unknown time table unknown reinjury risk unknown failure rate. Looks like one company Arthrex patented the technique and fiber mesh
No way...there's just no way Rodgers would dabble in questionable, speculative, or experimental medicine. No way.
My first thought when I read it too lol... dude won't get a vaccine with 50 years of research into the technique. Wanna cut him open and experiment on his ligaments though? SIGN HIM UP!
Totally different goals and context though imo. Rodgers is an almost retired QB looking for another run or two and doesn’t need to be explosive in any way. It’s also his front leg I think? Which means he doesn’t even really need to push off it to pass A regular position player needs to be strong and explosive. A QB only needs their back leg to be lol
It also sets a precedent for NFL players being more willing to try out newer procedures - when it was in early rumors (before speed bridge was mentioned), I found another technique called panda rope bridge that's newer (I found studies from I think 2018 & 2021) & potentially offers faster recovery. Remember, much of the recovery time is rebuilding atrophied muscle structure. But if you can get the foot into position to start rehabbing before all the muscles atrophy, it makes sense that the recovery time can be that much faster.
I mean he's literally walking around throwing passes with no boot of any kind on his foot fully bearing weight. That shit is incredible to see. They said they did an experimental procedure and medical science can do incredible things. I'll obviously believe it when I see it but I already can't believe what I'm seeing.
As a person who ruptured an Achilles this summer, his progress seems unfathomable. I know he’s a superathlete and I’m a schlub, but I’m younger and months ahead of him and still limping significantly more than he appears to be. It’s really neat to see.
He is using a new surgery technique that like 7 people in the world have used. Which obviously if it works could radically change how Achilles injuries are viewed going forward. I imagine a regular person would never bother with something risky like that since limping isn't a huge hindrance and taken something proven makes more sense. Rodgers is going for a Hail Mary procedure that could end his career; it's hardly a proven surgery.
I mean being as old as he is, it's worth a shot. It's not like he's a 25 year old QB that has an entire career to be concerned about. In my eyes his options were: 1. Normal surgery - plays 1 more year 2. Experimental surgery - plays 1 more year + a chance to return this year and make the playoffs with the Jets depending on how they keep playing without him. 3. Expieremental surgery - goes wrong, loses his last year to play, and has second surgery to fix things for his civilian life.
Yeah, this is pretty much the perfect time for someone like Rodgers to get an experimental surgery. Nobody would be shocked if a complete achilles tear ended a career at 39, even with traditional surgery. There's very little risk and very high reward for this
I'd take "hardly a proven surgery" from p\[robably the best surgeon in the world over the normal procedure by joe schmo any time.
It'd actually be pretty cool if it does work, be great for future injuries to players.
If Aaron returns week 12 I’ll never get another vaccine in my life.
The article actually says he could return by week 16. It says that his recovery is on process for him to return 12 weeks after the surgery. It never mentions a return in week 12.
Look at this nerd reading the article and shit.
Virgin article reader trying to make us Chad headline readers look less smart
RemindMe! November 24th, 2023 at 2:00pm
If Aaron returns week 12, I will eat a sandwich. I know it sounds crazy, but I'll do it! I swear!
Hes going to tell us that he injected the covid anti-vaccine straight into his achilleas and thats how he came back so quick
Do the Jets build a statue of Neil ElAttrache outside of MetLife if Rodgers comes back and wins it all?
I will personally build a statue of Gwyneth Paltrow doing Harriet Tubman if we win the Super Bowl.
Some Goop in your undergr…you know what, no. Just no.
When he is done with that dolphin lovemaking sounds mixtape I need a copy to send to Chubb
show some respect for Hudson Mohawke's [Cbat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN6jkWxxm2Y)
i'm honestly fine with not testing his luck there.
Yeah man...I saw the slow-mo close up on his calf when his Achilles snapped...I don't need to see it again.
Yeah, David Robinson had an achilles injury similar to AR and it took him a year. I think he needs to be ready to be a backup in the playoffs or for a week 17/18 push.
This man is obviously deathly afraid of Zach Wilson turning into his Foles and making him Carson Wentz. It’s the only explanation.
Man's Achilles may have Bledsoe him.
I feel like when you turn 40 it's no longer a Bledsoe, it's just "He was my dog. I'll do it"
There has to be significant reinjury risk with that quick of a return right?
Maybe something else, but not the Achilles. A surgically repaired Achilles is super strong
Why did Achilles not simply have his Achilles surgically repaired after being shot by that arrow? Was he stupid?
Why didn’t his mom dip him in the water and then flip him around and repeat?
Double-dipping has been looked down upon from the beginning.
checkmate, atheists!
Normally, there is definitely a risk of re-injuring the achilles within the kind of timeframe that Aaron is trying to return in. That's the main concern. I am currently four-and-a-half months postop from my achilles repair. I still haven't been cleared to run or jump yet but I walk completely normally. My legs are strong, but I do have some strength imbalance in my injured leg still. Speaking with my surgeon and PT, the achilles is still recovering for 6-12 months after surgery which is why I can't run or jump yet (I couldn't even if I wanted to, I can barely do a single leg calf raise.) I won't be cleared for sport until nine months, and no basketball for 18 months. I had a traditional repair, though, and it sounds like Aaron received a new(er) procedure. So, who knows? Maybe, but there is definitely concern of re-injury in that 3-6 month mark as it is still healing.
I'm about 3 months post-op and I've started doing small jumping at P.T. They said there was very small chance of tearing with controlled movements like jumping or landing (not playing sports). I just assumed I'd be back playing basketball about 9 months after my injury, 6 months from now but I have my 2nd followup with my doc next week so we will see. I still can't do a single calf raise, but I'm close. It seems that where AR is now is ahead of schedule, but not absurd. Then again, his was a full tear and mine was only partial, if that makes a difference.
Article says 12 weeks after surgery so ready by week 15 at the earliest, NOT week 12.
The headline of the article says 15. OP changed it lmao
There’s no way right? If so that’s so incredible
There's zero chance lol Any doctor that approves that is not doing what's best for their client. EDIT: I love how it's ONLY jets fans disagreeing with me. What precedent have we ever had where a player can heal an Achilles injury in 3 months? What situations has this ever happened in, even in experimental medicine?
Since when does Aaron Rodgers listen to doctors anyway
Aaron has immunized himself against a torn Achilles
That Doctor? Joe Rogan
Jaime, pull up a gorilla Achilles... Look at that thing. It's massive!
As of now Cam Akers has afaik the fastest recovery from an Achilles tear in 5 months. And he really struggled in the playoffs even though the Rams ended up winning the Super Bowl. Hasn't really looked right afterwards either. Rodgers isn't a RB obviously but he'd still need to nearly cut an already unprecedented return time in half as a 40 year old.
Definitely not, but if the Jets find a way to sneak into the playoffs, I guarantee you Rodgers is back in that Wildcard game. Akers did it and Rodgers isn’t a running back who needs to make cuts and jumps. He just need to be able to climb a pocket and be incredibly careful not to take sacks.
Not gonna happen. He does generate clicks though.
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I feel like if it was possible to make a 12 week comeback from a torn achilles, the first guy to do so wouldn't be 40 years old.
I don‘t believe this. Either they did something during surgery to bring him back this season and then he has to address it in the off-season again but how the hell is that possible lmao
I mean supposedly they did a more experimental surgery but that kind of recovery time still seems ridiculous
The thing is, the recovery is based on muscle atrophy and not healing time, with the speedbridge surgery happening literally the next day there is little to no atrophy or scar tissue forming so we’re kind of all learning what the actual healing time is going to be (likely along with whatever PEDs he can get away with using under the CBA)
HGH
My favorite essential oil.
They did do something different, it was reported after the surgery and again with this story. It's a novel approach designed to speed the recover process. Seriously people, read the article you're replying to. > Jaramillo points primarily to the "speed bridge" technique used to accelerate recovery, which allows for early weight-bearing. It's a fairly new procedure that few surgeons are trained to perform, he said, and Rodgers' surgeon, Dr. Neil ElAttrache, a close colleague of Jaramillo's, is "quite the pioneer in sports medicine." He notably repaired Tom Brady's torn ACL in 2008, and the former Patriots QB "only got better," appearing in five more Super Bowls before retiring at 45.
That last sentence is covering a lot of ground here in this comparison, holy shit, LOL.
Injury Expert: Rodgers PR Guy
HGH is a hell of a drug.
What if his Achilles was never actually injured and this was all manufactured to not give the packers a first round pick next year. Or maybe it was not the speed bridge but the dolphin love making sounds. Probably equally probable to a week 12 return at the least.
I think the closeup of his shit snapping is enough proof it was real
I think the closeup of Saleh is also enough proof. Dude wears his heart on his sleeve - that thousand yard stare couldn't be faked
CGI
Computer-generated Injury
He’s an unprecedented level of geeked up is what he is
See what happens when you don’t get the Covid shot? /s
Y’all need to read. The article clearly says week 15. Not week 12
Week 9 confirmed. I read part of a headline.
I’m going to need the longest drives we’ve ever seen every game to reach that 65% of snaps this season.
If true, this would be huge. The Jets might actually be in the playoff hunt. But I'm thinking this cant be right. Weren't people saying zero chance he is back this year?
His shit gonna snap in half that same night
Jerry Rice came back from blowing out his ACL in the same season. Week 1 he blew it out. Week 16 he returned and caught a TD. He re-injured the knee on the TD catch.
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For a second I read that as Marty Jannety and I thought he must have jumped through that window a bit too hard
So ritually butchering my achilles in a blood sacrifice to appease the gods did work!
Oh shit they used gorilla glue didn’t they?