Despite multiple lower body injuries this season, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers claims they haven’t hindered his performance.
“No, I don’t think so,” Rodgers told reporters on Wednesday when asked whether he is being affected by injuries. “I feel good on gameday; the ankle has responded really well; I just have some swelling in my knee from time to time, but I don’t think it is an issue.”
Rodgers also spoke about establishing a winning culture.
“I don’t know if it does take years,” Rodgers stated. “I think one player sometimes can make a change; I think there’s times where one thing can click, and it’s like the story of cutting down a tree, and it’s the final blow that actually fells the tree, but you might not see the first thousand hacks at it. Sometimes, it just takes that one thing to happen; it can be a speech before a game, after a game, something that just clicks, and the energy of that click can be contagious.”
Additionally, Rodgers told reporters that the speech that Davante Adams shared with the team in the locker room after their brutal 37-15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers was the “realest” speech he has ever heard in his 20 years in the NFL.
“I thought it was the realest speech I have ever heard in a locker room in 20 years,” Rodgers said. “And it is not surprising, he led with the fact that he has only been here for five days. There are just certain guys over the years that are just real guys, and when they speak up, you feel it.”
Rodgers and the Jets will attempt to end their four-game losing streak this Sunday when they travel to Foxborough, Massachusetts, to take on the division-rival New England Patriots.
