Aaron Rodgers Named Jets’ Most Inspirational Player Despite 4-Snap Season

Aaron Rodgers has acquired an enormous honor from the Jets — he was simply named the group’s Most Inspirational Player … this regardless of solely taking part in a couple of seconds for NY within the 2023 season.

The Jets revealed the award for his or her signal-caller on Friday morning … saying the injured quarterback received the trophy over stars like Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner, Quinnen Williams and others.

Head coach Robert Saleh defined at a gathering with reporters simply minutes in the past that gamers themselves made the selection … saying that it reveals simply how precious Rodgers was to the group this season — regardless that he could not truly get off the sidelines.

“I’ve said it a million times,” Saleh stated, “he loves his teammates and his teammates love him.”

“He’s a tremendous human and well-deserving of the award.”

Rodgers, after all, arrived in New York with Tremendous Bowl expectations, however he tore his Achilles simply 4 snaps into the season-opener in opposition to the Buffalo Payments on Sept. 11 … and never returned to the field.

He did work like a mad man to get again — and he truly ended up returning to Jets practices late within the yr, albeit in a restricted capability. And, clearly, his teammates appreciated the trouble.