Aaron Rodgers contacted Kirk Cousins about Achilles rehab

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is trying to return to the lineup this season from the torn Achilles he suffered on Sept. 11. He reached out to Kirk Cousins on Monday after the Minnesota Vikings signal-caller went down with the same injury this previous weekend. 

“I’ve a whole lot of respect for him and simply bought to speak to him — hopefully, encourage him a little bit bit,” Rodgers mentioned throughout a Tuesday look on “The Pat McAfee Present” about his dialog with Cousins, per Rich Cimini of ESPN. “It sucks. It positively sucks. He was enjoying actually, very well. … So I am disillusioned for him with that damage, however handed on all the data I may and let him know what’s been working for me.”

Rodgers tossed passes and dropped again on each toes this previous Sunday forward of the Jets’ 13-10 additional time win over the New York Giants. The long run Corridor of Famer who turns 40 years previous in December acknowledged Tuesday he is “forward of schedule” in his restoration and wished Cousins to have some inside details about find out how to assault the rehabilitation course of. 

“As a result of my rehab’s been nice, as a result of I really feel so good, clearly folks have been fascinated about what I am doing, and I’ve simply been passing alongside what’s been working for me,” Rodgers defined. 

Cousins was routinely linked in tales and rumors with the Jets after Rodgers suffered what was thought, on the time, to be a season-ending damage in Week 1. Whereas Rodgers is on track to stay on New York’s roster via at the very least subsequent season, Cousins is out of contract on the finish of the continuing marketing campaign. 

Rodgers identified Cousins could also be extra cautious concerning his restoration for the reason that 35-year-old is aware of he is shut down via the remainder of the NFL yr. In the meantime, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio talked about on Tuesday afternoon that Cousins staying with the Vikings past this season “stays a viable choice” since Minnesota at the moment has no different confirmed quarterback signed to a long-term deal.