Aaron Rodgers believes he is now running faster than before rupturing his Achilles tendon as the Jets quarterback nears his return to the field.
Mail Sport has been told the 40-year-old hopes to play two or three more years despite his first season with the Jets being cut short on the first night.
Rodgers was injured just four plays into his debut in New York and has spent the past seven months rehabbing after undergoing surgery to repair his ruptured Achilles tendon.
He returned to Jets headquarters on Monday for voluntary offseason workouts ahead of the 2024 season. Rodgers recently admitted that he initially feared the injury could end his career. “I was really thinking, ‘This is it. You’re not coming back from this injury,'” he told ‘I can fly’ podcast.
Now, however, according to a source close to the 40-year-old, Rodgers believes he is where he expected to be when he arrived in New York last year.
Aaron Rodgers believes he runs faster now than before rupturing his Achilles tendon
The quarterback was injured just four plays into his debut against the Buffalo Bills.
In fact, Mail Sport understands that Rodgers believes he is running faster than before his injury.
That will be a big boost for the Jets, who struggled without their star quarterback last season.
Rodgers was cleared to make a miraculous return to the field four months after the injury. But New York’s failure to make the playoffs kept the quarterback on the sidelines.
The 40-year-old has been training during the offseason and was recently spotted undergoing a grueling workout with USC players in California.
In July 2023, Rodgers and the Jets agreed to a new two-year, $75 million guaranteed contract through the 2024 season.
The 40-year-old was seen undergoing a grueling workout with USC players in California.
But it is believed that the four-time MVP made it clear that he wants to play two or three more years.
“He’s on a mission,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said last month. “He’s on a mission to do many of the things he wanted to do last year and he won’t stop until he gets there.”
Speaking recently on the ‘I Can Fly Podcast’, Rodgers said he is ‘excited’ about his return to the field.
‘I fell in love with the game again (after joining the Jets) and then they took it away from me after four plays. I miss being there, I love competing,” he stated.
‘Football is my happy place. That’s where I feel like I have the most control of my athletic ability. I missed it last year, I really missed it a lot. My heart was broken. I’m excited to get out on the field once again and, not in life or death, go into battle with my boys.’