How Mike Greenberg, Pat McAfee and more on social media are reacting to news that Aaron Rodgers is out for season with Achilles injury
Aaron Rodgers going down with an injury on Monday in his first game with the New York Jets sent shockwaves through the NFL.
Now, it's been confirmed what the Jets feared last night: Rodgers has a torn Achilles and is out for the season, according to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter.
Rodgers was brought in to New York after an 18-year career with the Green Bay Packers as the missing piece for a Jets team thinking big.
But now one of the game's biggest stars is done for the season with his new team after just four plays. Could his career be as well?
Here's some instant reaction to the news of Rodgers' prognosis became official:
New York Jets react to Aaron Rodgers injury
Not the way any of us wanted it to go, but we know the commitment you've made to this team will continue to impact us moving forward.
Get well soon, @AaronRodgers12. pic.twitter.com/cKcYzjh4BZ— New York Jets (@nyjets) September 12, 2023
How ESPN's Pat McAfee responded to Aaron Rodgers' torn Achilles
It is devastating to hear that Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles..
He loves the game of football and I’m not sure that he's gonna wanna go out like this pic.twitter.com/RiIX5RaLhx— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 12, 2023
What Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports 1 said about the Aaron Rodgers injury
.@ColinCowherd reacts to Aaron Rodgers season-ending Achilles injury pic.twitter.com/vyqPNvFaBJ
— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) September 12, 2023
How ESPN's Mike Greenberg, and noted Jets fan, reacted to the Aaron Rodgers news
.@Espngreeny reacts to Aaron Rodgers' injury:
"I want more than anyone to be furious today, but the reality is, sometimes things just happen. ... The idea that his season would be over in four plays never entered my mind." pic.twitter.com/UzR6nZiG9r— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) September 12, 2023
More reactions to the Aaron Rodgers injury, including the question about playing on turf field vs. grass
Something to add to Aaron Rodgers’ legacy as an NFL icon:
He very well may be the reason turf fields go away and all stadiums return to grass.— PackersHistory.com (@PackersHistory1) September 12, 2023
After months of buildup, trade speculation, trade demands, hype, freaking Hard Knocks, Aaron Rodgers never even completed a pass for the New York Jets. Let that sink in. Not one completion. As gut-punching of an injury as you can imagine for a team.
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) September 12, 2023
Aaron Rodgers’ torn Achilles might be the most devastating injury to a team and fan base in NFL history. There never has been a player who received more off-season hype, who raised another team’s expectations more, who had his season end 4 plays in without ever completing a pass.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 12, 2023
Aaron Rodgers’ injury shows you how the Jets won the battle but they lost the war. I was in the building when Rodgers ran out for intros and in all my years of playing the game and covering it, I have never seen a stadium and a player connected like that before ever playing a…
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 12, 2023
Aaron Rodgers yesterday vs. Aaron Rodgers today pic.twitter.com/qyKPkVPoHm
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 12, 2023
Aaron Rodgers telling Zach Wilson that he must lead the Jets to the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/e22zhhhF3I
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 12, 2023
Aaron Rodgers saw a total of 4 snaps in 2023. pic.twitter.com/FlFTTTr7mw
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 12, 2023
Was this the end of Aaron Rodgers' career?
I think I speak for everyone when I say we all hope to see Aaron Rodgers back on the field next year...
It can't end like this.pic.twitter.com/fDTfdemOeE— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) September 12, 2023
i hope that's not the end of Aaron Rodgers' career because that's not how he deserved to go out.
— erin alyce (@herooine) September 12, 2023
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Jets, Pat McAfee, Mike Greenberg, others react to Aaron Rodgers injury
