Aaron Rodgers showed true colors after injury scare in New York Jets loss

Aaron Rodgers suffered an ankle wounded successful the New York Jets' decision to the Minnesota Vikings, but the four-time NFL MVP showed his existent grit by playing done the symptom barrier

Aaron Rodgers has fto gaffe that he's feeling the deterioration and teardrop aft the New York Jets' loss to the Minnesota Vikings successful London, though his existent grit shone done pursuing a third-quarter injury.

Despite the setback, Rodgers pushed himself to continue. The four-time NFL MVP had a time to hide personally arsenic the Vikings maintained their undefeated streak with a 23-17 triumph astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Rodgers experienced an antithetic archetypal 4th by throwing 2 interceptions - thing helium hadn't done successful his vocation earlier astatine 40 years old. Also notable was Andrew van Ginkel's touchdown disconnected Rodgers' uncommon pick-six lone the 5th successful his career. Yet the 2nd fractional saw a resurgence from Rodgers and the Jets dominating the scoreboard against the Vikings 10-6.

But then, it each came down to Rodgers' resilience successful the look of wounded during the 3rd quarter, which astir led the Jets to a stunning comeback until a precocious interception thrown by him - his 3rd for the lucifer - enactment an extremity to those hopes. The wounded happened erstwhile Rodgers was deed connected his near leg.

Despite hobbling to the sidelines, the aboriginal Hall of Famer refused to spell down without a fight. He declined to beryllium assessed successful the bluish tent, preferring to worker connected successful the game.

"I'm decidedly banged up," Rodgers confessed during the post-match property briefing, divulging details astir the incident. "I got my ft caught connected the heap there. You know, it conscionable seems to beryllium a debased ankle sprain. They were trying to get maine successful the tent, and we had a unsmooth successful the kicker, and I said 'Screw it, I'm going backmost retired there.'".

Following Sunday's loss, the Jets find themselves with a 2-3 grounds successful 2024, yet contempt their shaky beginning, Aaron Rodgers has rallied his troops with a telephone for unity and focus.

"The instrumentality with america is, if we instrumentality together," Rodgers declared, acknowledging the doubts from outsiders by adding, "Because there'll beryllium a batch of radical extracurricular the gathering who won't beryllium sticking with the Jets. So, if we instrumentality together, I inactive person a batch of assurance successful this team."

Rodgers spoke astir the imaginable for the Jets to marque an upturn, stressing his content successful their capability: "I deliberation it's a squad that's going to marque a run. And whether that tally starts adjacent week, the pursuing week, oregon whenever it mightiness be, I'm assured successful our guys, I'm assured successful [the] leadership, and I'm assured we'll get this happening straight."

Even though Rodgers has faced criticism, peculiarly aft a less-than-stellar showing against Minnesota, helium remains his toughest judge. After precocious getting backmost successful the crippled station a season-ending Achilles wounded past year, Rodgers maintains a precocious barroom for himself: "You conscionable got to beryllium honorable with your show each azygous week and clasp yourself to a standard," helium conceded, noting that his astir caller crippled saw him falling abbreviated of his accustomed levels.

Rodgers' 2 interceptions successful the archetypal 4th against the Vikings were unprecedented for him, and the backmost acknowledged their impact: "Obviously, that was beneath my standard. I conscionable recovered that I've ne'er thrown 2 picks successful the archetypal 4th before, truthful that's the first.

"One of america outgo evidently 7 and the other, you know, could outgo three. So successful a crippled wherever you suffer by six, you know, plays similar that are exponentially highlighted."