It's been a while since the world has seen Aaron Rodgers in action. Almost a year, in fact.
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If you remember, Rodgers suffered an Achilles injury at the start of last season, in his very first official game as a member of the New York Jets. He was done for the year.
But now, he's taking part in the Jets' organized team activities (known in the NFL as OTAs) and is a full-go, coach Robert Saleh told reporters.
"He's doing everything," Saleh said. "He has no restrictions and he looks good, man. The arm talent is obviously still there. It's really just re-acclimating to everything and we're trying a bunch of new stuff too. And it's really trying to evolve within the offense."
So that's the good news for a franchise that certainly could use some. The downside is that Rodgers is 40 years old and coming off a major injury. There's really no telling how impactful he may be at this stage.
All the Jets can do is prepare him for the season and hope for the best.
"Last year was a tremendous learning experience — including myself," Saleh said. "I think it's about building an offense that can weather the storm of injury, right? Last year, we got kind of caught behind the eight ball with preparing — and, again, it's all part of, you're trying to install an offense and so when you're trying to install an offense, you're installing an offense with a plan that it's going to stay healthy for the season in Year 1.
"Year 2 coming around, I think it's evolving the offense that still keeps it where the offense can hum. I'm trying not to give away any thoughts or things we're doing differently. But there's going to be a tremendous learning experience for everybody in how to weather the storm in regards to injury."
