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It's official, he ain't playing this year.  And once again he proves he is the smartest guy in the room.

"There's always a fear about rerupture if you're going too fast," he said Tuesday. "But this allows me to -- I'm not going to slow my rehab down. I'm going to keep attacking it every single day, but now, without a timetable to come back, obviously, we can be as smart as we need to be."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story...tes-play-jets-season

so you're telling me all the miracle healing stories were for clicks and keeping his name in the press?

well, gomer, surprise surprise surprise 

he's become such a doofus.  so glad he's not our doofus anymore

It's going to be interesting to see what almost a year's layoff may do to his 40-year-old body and skills. A slowdown in rehab might be of benefit as a person who does too much too fast and pushes it too much can over-stress something else. A 40-year-old pro football body is ripe for parts falling off.

@Tdog posted:

so you're telling me all the miracle healing stories were for clicks and keeping his name in the press?

well, gomer, surprise surprise surprise

he's become such a doofus.  so glad he's not our doofus anymore

I mean he was participating in practice and had some sort of leaping interception while playing on the scout team. I think this is more about the 5-9 record than it is his ability to play in another week or two.

Smart move, there's nothing to gain by having him play now other than weaken the Jets (and Packers!!) draft position. 

@titmfatied posted:

Got the  Jets fans back on the hook again. Also Tiki with a great breakdown of 8's doublespeak at 12:35

What’s he going to do for attention over the next several months since everybody knows he’s coming back next season?

Just came across this. My apologies if posted earlier

And then there’s this article……..

In an NFL season marked by unpredictability, one certainty has emerged: Aaron Rodgers is as good a self-promoter as he is a quarterback. Maybe better.

The four-time NFL MVP was never going to make it back this season. No matter the number of times he was seen throwing on the sideline or how many optimistic updates he gave, it wasn’t going to happen. The man had surgery to repair his shredded Achilles a mere 14 weeks ago. The fastest, most amazing recovery from such an injury by an elite athlete was five months. You do the math.

But Rodgers was committed. To keeping himself in the spotlight.

Once one of the more thoughtful and humble players in the NFL, Rodgers has made a late-career shift into carnival barker extraordinaire. He got hoodwinked by junk science during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and somehow thought that made him an enlightened renegade. He spouted that nonsense and styled himself as a free speech warrior when he was criticized for it.

A tip for Rodgers: Free speech does not mean what you think it does. It means the government cannot silence you or take measures to limit your ability to promote your lunatic theories. It does not mean society cannot ridicule you for your arrogance and ignorance.

https://www.usatoday.com/story...chilles/71988591007/


@Boris posted:

Just came across this. My apologies if posted earlier

Looks pretty one sided to me. Rodgers could give a shit less.

@ammo posted:

Looks pretty one sided to me. Rodgers could give a shit less.

I didn't see it like that ...I viewed it as a young guy that's very competitive blowing off some steam and Rodgers as a leader let him blow it off. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit but he has a lot of pull in that locker room.

@Packiderm posted:

Guy is blowing off steam in you face and you're chewing gum and blowing bubbles!

If he engages, "Rodgers betrays the coaches!!!"   

If he remains calm and lets teammate vent, "Rodgers doesn't care about his team!!!"

Doesn't it get tiring always looking for the negative angle?    They could have been talking about how horrible the last season of Game of Thrones was for all we know.   You see his arm go up mimicking the flight path of the dragon.   

@PackerHawk posted:

Rodgers is getting a little shit over the fact that the Jets activated him to the roster and they had to cut some low end FB to make room for him.

https://wisportsheroics.com/gr...ron-rodgers-blasted/

Seems like the right decision to me. I’d think getting AR more practice time with his teammates to get ready for next season is more beneficial than keeping the worst player on the team active.

@Boris posted:

I didn't see it like that ...I viewed it as a young guy that's very competitive blowing off some steam and Rodgers as a leader let him blow it off. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit but heand has a lot of pull in that locker room.

Rodgers and "leader" are hard to fathom in the same sentence.

@BrainDed posted:

They could have been talking about how horrible the last season of Game of Thrones was for all we know.   You see his arm go up mimicking the flight path of the dragon.   

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