As they wait for Aaron Rodgers’ injury to be diagnosed, the Jets’ season hangs in the balance.
The Packers are also impatiently waiting.
With only four snaps played before suffering an ankle injury on the game’s opening drive, Rodgers’ eagerly anticipated debut with New York was cut short. He was carried from the field to the medical tent, then brought to the locker room for an X-ray.
Rodgers missed the rest of the game even though the results of his ankle’s X-ray were negative.
Rodgers is scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday because there is concern that he might have torn his Achilles, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
If Rodgers were to miss the rest of the season, the Jets would be back in the same situation they were in the previous year.
The extent of his injury, though, might have a significant impact on his former franchise.
Here is why.
Specifics Of The Trade Involving Aaron Rodgers.
Jets Got:
Jeremy Rodgers.
(DE Will McDonald IV, Iowa State) was selected in the first round in 2023.
Pick in the fifth round of the 2023 draft (traded down: TE Zack Kuntz, Old Dominion; 6th round, CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse, LSU).
Packers received.
DE Lukas Van Ness, of Iowa, was selected in the first round in 2023.
(TE Luke Musgrave, Oregon State) Second-round pick in 2023.
Sixth-round pick (K Anders Carlson, Auburn) in 2023.
Conditional second-round pick in 2024; if Rodgers plays 65 percent of the snaps, pick moves up to first round.
How the Jets’ 2024 draft pick by the Packers is impacted by injury.
Three of the four picks the Packers received from the Jets were already chosen by the team; the fourth pick is the Packers’ conditional second-round pick in 2024.
If Rodgers participates in 65 percent of the snaps for the Jets in 2023, that pick would move up to the first round rather than the second.
The pick stays in the second round if he participates in less than 65 percent of the snaps.
Rodgers was obviously anticipated to join New York this season as they compete for a championship and Green Bay anticipated the deal to return two first-round picks.
His first drive in a Jets uniform may have caused that plan to fall apart.
The Packers will be stuck with the Jets’ second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft if Rodgers has indeed torn his Achilles or is forced to miss a significant amount of time.
If this is the case, Rodgers is unlikely to reach that 65 percent mark.
That selection might also not be a high one if the Jets underperform or don’t live up to high expectations with a new starting quarterback.
He still has a chance to reach that 65 percent mark, which would transfer the Jets’ first-round pick to the Packers if the injury is not too serious and he is able to return this season.
Fans from Green Bay and New York are united in their wish for Aaron Rodgers’ injury to not be as serious as it appears and for him to return to the field as soon as possible.