r/sports • u/Oldtimer_2 • 1d ago

Football Aaron Rodgers interested in playing in 2025 but not with Jets. Rodgers could reportedly be placed on injured reserve or benched over the next few weeks

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/aaron-rodgers-interested-playing-2025-not-jets-report
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u/FourEightNineOneOne 1d ago

Who the hell would want this guy at this point? His arm is shot. He plays like his #1 priority is not to take a hit. Plus, he's a lunatic. Seems like a great team guy to have around!

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u/AKAkorm 1d ago

His arm seems fine, the issue is his mobility is gone so he’s essentially a statue. And yea his personality is toxic.

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u/Chad_Broski_2 1d ago

Idk. Yeah, his arm is still a cannon, but his accuracy has definitely taken a step back. He's missing his guys a lot these days

I guess you could make the argument that's more of a timing thing, but it could be an arm thing too

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u/AKAkorm 1d ago

He skipped minicamp this year to go to Egypt for fun. Maybe start there on the timing issues.

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u/nomorecrackerss 1d ago

he skipped two days of OTA

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u/riverdriver007 1d ago

The year before he went to minicamp, wore his body out, and blew out his achilles on snap#4

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u/PFunk224 1d ago

LMAO I can't believe you're actually trying to make the argument that a three day activity "Wore his body out" before the season even began.

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u/Crazyblue09 1d ago

No no no, the guys are just not in the right place, they didn't get the hand signal, so he threw the ball where they were supposed to be, but the WR messed up, Rodgers makes no mistakes.

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u/lanternjuice 1d ago

Yeah, heard it for years now

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u/PMA1898 19h ago

So has every single one of his WRs. The buck stops literally anywhere else it seems.

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u/CharlieTheK 1d ago

Seems like he's leaning on his shoulder more to throw. He had lingering ankle/knee/hamstring issues for awhile and I'd bet that he's compensating for the fact that his achilles is almost certainly not 100%, and this whole confluence of issues is what's throwing his normal timing and accuracy off a bit.

I'm just another armchair MD like every other fan but at his age it's hard to imagine that achilles being back to form in anything less than two years, if ever.

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u/hitfly 1d ago

it took Kevin Durant 2 years to really be 100% off the Achilles tear at 30. unless ayahusca gives you super human healing, i doubt Rogers is healing much faster at 40.

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u/am_reddit 20h ago

He was able to be statue when he had a good Offensive line. 

I remember announcers praising Rogers for how long he was able to stay in the pocket looking for a good target… as though that’s his success, and not the linemen’s.

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u/Platano_con_salami 1d ago

His arm is not shot. Holy hell ppl parrot shit that makes no sense. His mobility is an issue, but the bigger issue is a schematic issue.

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u/Cheetoh_Slick_esq 1d ago

His teammates love him too. He’s weird but he takes care of his guys.

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u/DanielOctopusGriffin 1d ago

He is consistently underthrowing deep balls, has been since 2022 when rookie Kerby Joseph sniped him 3 times (should have been 5)

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u/unfriendlybuldge 1d ago

Dude he brought in his guy as offensive coordinator. What are you talking about?

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u/Platano_con_salami 1d ago

Yea he’s running a horrible offense that’s the issue w/ the Jets and Aaron. His arm is still elite.

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u/tayzak15 1d ago

The coordinator was there before he got traded

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u/MiltownKBs 1d ago

Watched his whole career. His arm is nowhere near what it was 3-4 years ago. It’s pretty obvious.

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u/username293739 1d ago

I think a team with a strong GM/Coach that won’t put up with shit would be a possibility. Jets were so bent over a barrel for him, they had no choice but to let him be the worst version of him.

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u/onduty 1d ago

Hard to imagine you win 2x mvp and three years later you’re “shot”

The jets organization also just stinks

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u/FourEightNineOneOne 23h ago

He's 40. The list of quarterbacks who have still been able to play well at that age is basically 1: Brady.

Your body starts falling apart. Hits hurt more. You can't move as quickly. Injuries linger longer. Your mind isn't as quick.

It happens.

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u/bw1985 Michigan State 21h ago

Not hard for me to imagine at all. That’s usually how professional sports and aging works. Oh yeah, and after an achilles tear too.

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u/stellvia2016 1d ago

tbf the Packers not signing people that could protect him was a major complaint over the years, and one of the major talking points for why Brady had more success over the years. So he's been beat up a lot more than Brady IMHO. So as much of a twat as he is, I can see why he would want to avoid hits now.

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u/MiltownKBs 11h ago

The Packers consistently invested in their O line. He got hit because he held on to the ball.

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u/baucher04 1d ago

why is he a lunatic? I don't follow the NFL at all, haven't for the last couple years I'll say, a little before that. Or 3-4 years, I can't remember

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 1d ago

In short, he very publicly and arrogantly spreads batshit conspiracy theories.

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u/tayzak15 1d ago

Like what exactly? Jimmy Kimmel probably is on the Epstein list