Aaron Rodgers is dealing with some injury concerns in the buildup to the New York Jets’ Week 8 clash vs. the New England Patriots.
Rodgers has returned to start for the Jets this season after spending 2023 sidelined with an Achilles injury. While he has already thrown another successful Hail Mary, he hasn’t quite been the A-Rod of old.
The quarterback has been named on the team’s injury report several times this season. He initially got on there because of knee and ankle issues, having sustained the latter during a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London.
The veteran star is now nursing a hamstring problem, with Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich having revealed to the media that the QB experienced a flare-up during Sunday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ulbrich has suggested that the hamstring issue is not very serious. However, the fact that Rodgers is aging and racking up various niggles after being sidelined for an entire season is reason for apprehension.
“It is new,” Ulbrich said on Wednesday. “Something that kind of flared up this past game, so they’re going to assess it all week long, he’s going to treat his butt off like he always does. I don’t anticipate this affecting him playing.”
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers is dealing with knee, ankle and now a hamstring injury, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich says. Rodgers’s hamstring “flared up” during the Steelers game and it may have impacted his mobility.
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Aaron Rodgers Has Been Limited In Practice
Rodgers has been limited in practice due to the aforementioned fitness setbacks, and his mobility is understood to have been affected.
The four-time MVP isn’t expected to miss Sunday’s game against the Pats but is unlikely to be able to perform at 100 percent.
On a brighter note, the Jets have welcomed edge rusher Haason Reddick back to the fold following a lengthy holdout.
The former Philadelphia Eagles star could play his first game for the team on Sunday, as he’s been practicing this week.
“I would anticipate he plays,” Ulbrich offered. “He’s an experienced player. He’s played in a similar defense to ours, so as far as the schematic stuff that he’s got to get caught up on, I don’t think that’s going to be a huge struggle for him, so now it’s just seeing where he’s at physically.”
