Aaron Rodgers' Fate With New York Jets 2023 Season Revealed

NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgershas revealed that he won't play for the New York Jets this season following his Achilles injury.

The 40-year-old went down just three plays into his Jets season debut in September after he suffered a torn Achilles. He then underwent surgery a few days later, to fix the issue.

Although it was expected he would be cleared medically for the Jets’ upcoming game on December 24, Rodgers will continue to stay on the sideline and help coach instead of taking the field himself.

This isn't too surprising, as the New York Jets are now out of playoff contention, so Rodgers would not have anything to be playing for aside from the Jets' draft order.

When appearing on "The Pat McFee Show" on Tuesday, the NFL quarterback told Pat he's close to a full recovery, but his leg still needs about three to four weeks to possibly get to "100 percent."

"If I was 100 percent today," the 40-year-old said on the show, "I'd be pushing to play."

"Now without a timetable to come back, obviously we can be as smart as we can be," Rodgers said.

A torn Achilles typically takes six to nine months to fully heal. It has only been three months since Rodgers ruptured his Achilles.

Rodgers has already been walking around without crutches for a few weeks now, and he was even spotted throwing the football around with his teammates during pre-game warm-ups.

The 40-year-old added that moving on from Green Bay (his former team) to New York gave him "a renewed passion for the game."

Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley spoke out on Rodgers’ recovery, stating, “Nobody has ever seen anything like this.”

“You can just look at the process and where he’s at now with the injury and just be happy for him, be glad that he’s able to walk, be glad that he’s even in this position to try to play football again, especially this early,” he added.

New York Jets left guard Laken Tomlinson also spoke out recently, stating, “Just seeing Aaron this morning and actually seeing Aaron in there doing treatment — a guy who’s in there doing everything he can treatment-wise, and for me, coming in after game that we had and seeing him, how hard he’s been working, that was motivation.”

Shortly after Rodgers went down in week one of the 2023 season, Jets head coach Robert Saleh, stated he hopes Aaron Rodgers will still make appearances around the club to help mentor and coach quarterback Zach Wilson, who has taken over the starting position. “I think it’s essential,” the coach said at the time.

And Rodgers has been doing just that, helping coach Zach Wilson and other Jets quarterbacks during practice and during the games.

Saleh added, “I think it’s important for him. Mental health and healing, I think that’s very important. But his presence, his words… As I said, he’s as much a football coach as a player, and just having his presence, thoughts, words, and leadership, I think anyone would want that.”

In August 2023, the future Hall of Famer came to a three-year, $112.5 million deal with the New York Jets, which included $75 million in fully guaranteed money for 2023 and 2024.