09-13-2023, 04:56 PM
Quote: @"Montana Tom" said:He's 40 in early December.
Rodgers is 39 years old today. He would be 40 next season. An Achilles tendon injury is hard enough for a young person to come back from.
I remember one of our regional college football RBs (he had won the state HS 100 meter dash in HS), who came back his senior season the year after he blew his Achilles out. Whereas he previously had speed, power and agility, he was reduced to a one-dimensional RB without the speed. And he was probably 21 or 22 years old when this happened.
Brian O'Neil is 12 years younger than Rodgers. Yes, he came back this year. I do not know the severity of either Achilles injury.
One of the things that makes Rodgers so good historically has been his nimbleness and flexibility to turn a broken play into something using his exceptional mobility. I've seen him do it too many times...slippery bastard (!)
I would be shocked, surprised, amazed (keep going, thesaurus...), if he came back next year at age 40 in a compromised situation.