Aaron Rodgers is throwing passes with his usual zip, rolling out when he needs to and taking charge of the New York Jets’ offense.
Rodgers has come back and made it normal.
Nine practices into training camp, the 40-year-old quarterback has many forgetting about the torn Achilles tendon that ended his season after only four snaps last year.
“He looks like he never missed any time,” head coach Robert Saleh said after the team’s 90-minute scrimmage on a steamy Saturday.
Rodgers has been solid throughout camp and sparkled on several days — reminiscent of his first camp with the Jets last summer. The fact that he’s coming off such a serious injury is a non-factor as he practices every day has New York feeling optimistic about its quarterback nearly 11 months after from surgery.
“He looks really good,” Saleh said.
During the Jets’ scrimmage, Rodgers didn’t throw any touchdown passes — one drive was short-circuited by a high snap from Joe Tippmann that the QB couldn’t handle and another by a fumble by rookie Isaiah Davis. But Rodgers moved New York’s starting offense up and down the field on his four drives, three of which ended with field goals.
Saleh said he and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich studied offenses across the league when they first joined the Jets in 2021 to get a read on how they operated and how they should be defended.
“We would always just be dumbfounded at why Green Bay would always have eight or nine drives in a game,” Saleh said of Rodgers’ former team. “And today was an example — just so methodical down the field. An 18-play drive, an 11-play drive, a seven-play drive. Just long, methodical drives that eat up clock and get the game moving.
“He’s an impressive dude and he’s a Hall of Famer for a reason.”
Earlier this week, Rodgers thought back to when the injury occurred against the Bills, saying there were “a lot of disappointing, heartbreaking times.” He acknowledged he wasn’t immediately sure what his playing future was, but then tried…
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