Afrigather Over the course of his 19-year profession, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been by way of all method of coaching camps.
A post-Tremendous Bowl coaching camp. Put up-playoff heartbreak coaching camps. Tear-it-up-and-start-again coaching camps.
Rodgers, nevertheless, mentioned 2024 might need ranked amongst his hardest.
“I might say the camp is way tougher this 12 months and possibly the toughest within the final seven or eight of my profession,” Rodgers mentioned Tuesday through Wealthy Cimini of ESPN.
The Jets are coming off a second straight 7-10 season during which Rodgers performed only one recreation—tearing his Achilles minutes into the marketing campaign. The quarterback insisted his physique was in fine condition, and weighed conflicting viewpoints concerning the efficacy of a tough coaching camp.
“Among the older gamers are having fun with the—to steal a training phrase—the ‘callus’ a part of coaching camp, the place you are grinding,” Rodgers mentioned. “Some folks consider that, though it places extra pressure on you in coaching camp, it truly will get you extra able to play when the season begins.”
New York is scheduled to open its season on Sept. 9 towards the San Francisco 49ers.
