Twitter User Suspended Over Aaron Rodgers Injury Prediction
By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on September 14, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT
Unfortunately, despite the anticipation, newly signed New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers' season with the team ended early as he suffered a ruptured Achilles just four plays into his season debut.
Though this news shocked many across the nation, what was even more shocking was that one Twitter user predicted the injury to happen. Now, the social media platform has suspended that user.
Twitter Suspends User Who Predicted Aaron Rodgers Injury
Ahead of the Monday Night Football game, Twitter user @DaddyZaslav Tweeted, "Aaron Rodgers is going to tear his Achilles on a rain-drenched MetLife turf in 2.5 hours."
Yesterday morning, Jets fans found out the fate of Rodgers as he underwent his MRI, and the results showed he has a ruptured Achilles, just as the Twitter user predicted.
"An MRI confirmed today that Aaron Rodgers officially tore his Achilles on the fourth play of his Jets' career," Schefter reported. "Rodgers' season now, officially, is over. There already are questions about whether his Hall-of-Fame career is, too."
According to the Daily Beast, the Twitter parody account was suspended from the social media platform shortly after The Tweet went viral.
Jets Head Coach Has Faith In Team
Monday Night Football was filled with emotions for New York Jets fans as just four snaps into the game, all-star quarterback Aaron Rodgers went down on the field, holding the back of his leg and around his ankle. After being helped off the field, Rodgers was seen being carted off while in a boot, leaving NFL fans everywhere in complete shock.
Although the quarterback did not release a statement on the injury, Jets head coach Robert Saleh spoke in a press conference, admitting Rodgers is upset about the outcome. "He's down," Saleh said via a live stream on YouTube. "As you can imagine, with everything that he's invested and lasting four plays, he's a little disappointed."
"I don't know why people are trying to put an obituary onto our team name," Saleh said. "Aaron is an unbelievable piece to this whole thing, and we love him, but I think there are 52 other guys in the locker room, plus the 16-practice squad guys who believe that we can do many good things here. We've got a championship-caliber defense. We've got great-skill guys on the offensive side of the ball. Our offensive line is continuing to gel and get better. We're excited about our group."
He continued, "We've worked hard over the last couple of years with players, coaches, scouts, G.M., building a pretty cool organization, so there's a lot of faith in the locker room on what we can still accomplish this year. While the outside world can go ahead and write whatever story they want, there's still the true story being written in this building."
In August, Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets came to a three-year, $112.5 million deal that includes $75 million in fully guaranteed money for 2023 and 2024.
Quarterback Zach Wilson finished the game on Monday night and is now the new starting quarterback now that Rodgers is out.