Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff Writer
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is hobbled by a low ankle sprain, but he is anticipated to play subsequent Monday evening once they face the Buffalo Bills for a share of first place in the AFC East.
Rodgers will probably be evaluated, coach Robert Saleh stated Monday morning, including, “All the preliminary stuff says he'll be fine.”
The 40-year-old Rodgers took one other beating Sunday in London, the place the Jets fell to the Minnesota Vikings, 23-17. He was sacked thrice and took 11 quarterback hits, bringing the whole to 25 hits over the previous two video games — each losses. He damage his left ankle in the third quarter, when his leg bought caught underneath a pile and his physique bent backward. He stayed in the sport.
Afterward, Rodgers stated half-jokingly that so much of physique components “made some noises” in the sport. The earlier week, he emerged with a swollen left knee.
“The reality is, if you throw the ball over 50 times, the quarterback is going to get hit. Period,” Saleh stated.
With no assist from the working sport, and damage by two Rodgers interceptions in the first quarter, the Jets fell behind, 17-0. The four-time MVP dropped again 57 instances out of 71 performs, exposing himself to the blitz-heavy Vikings. Rodgers (29-of-54, 244 yards) practically pulled off a miraculous comeback, but his third interception, tying a profession excessive, ended their closing drive in the final minute.
The Jets' offense seems damaged, having scored solely two touchdowns over the previous two video games. Saleh refused to place the blame on the offensive line.
“I don't want to sit here and say the O-line isn't playing well enough,” he stated. “We're just not putting ourselves in position to be efficient and play football. We're having to play catch up against two really good defenses that pressure the quarterback at a high level. We basically fell into the teeth of their defense.”
After Sunday's video games, the Jets ranked twenty second in scoring and Rodgers was twentieth in Total QBR (48.8). Saleh stated he has no plans to shake up the offense. Coordinator Nathaniel Hackett will stay the playcaller.
The Jets (2-3) have dropped two straight after a promising begin, but they're just one sport behind the Bills (3-2) in the division. It units up a showdown on Monday evening at MetLife Stadium. Saleh insisted he is assured the Jets will get it circled.
“I'm not panicked,” he stated. “Nobody in the building is panicked.”
In different damage information, nickelback Michael Carter II could have an analysis. He injured his hamstring in the pregame warmups, performed one defensive snap and left the sport.
