Rodgers’ return will come next season with Jets out of playoff hunt

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers watches the second half of Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla.

It seems like Aaron Rodgers’ season-long quest to make an unlikely comeback for the New York Jets is ended.

The 40-year-old quarterback stated that he is still a few weeks away from fully recovered from a torn left Achilles tendon during his weekly visit on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday.

“My rehabilitation won’t be slowed down,” Rodgers declared. “I’m going to continue pursuing it every day. However, since there is no set date for our return, we can clearly be as cautious as necessary.

Rodgers stated that he “would have pushed it as far as I could this week,”

even at less than completely, if the Jets had defeated Miami last Sunday and

stayed in the postseason race.well enough to be prepared for Sunday’s

match versus Washington. However, the Jets lost badly, 30-0, and were forced to

miss the playoffs for the thirteenth consecutive season.

Rodgers declared, “I would be pushing to play if I was 100% today.” “But the fact is I’m not.”

Although he hasn’t officially stated he won’t play this season, Aaron Rodgers has made it clear that’s the situation.

“It was unrealistic to think that I would be 100% cleared to play at any point during the regular season, so I think the

whole time it’s been, you know, hoping that we’re still in it,” Rodgers remarked.

“While clearly not there, I do believe that in the following three to four weeks, it

would be extremely conceivable to reach 100%.

Thus, the topic of discussion shifted from having a complete medical clearance to

being willing to play. And I’ve never had any issues with that.