Aaron Rodgers suffers a game-ending four-game ankle injury in his New York Jets debut and will need an MRI

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Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who made his debut with the New York Jets, was taken off the field after suffering an ankle injury in only his fourth game in the season. NFL game for the team Against the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.

The injury occurred during the team’s first drive of the first quarter when Rodgers was sacked by Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd.

the Four-time MVP She stumbled for a few moments before returning to the ground. He was attended to by the Jets’ medical staff before being helped off the field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

After being examined in the blue medical tent on the bench, the 39-year-old was taken to the locker room on a trolley, and missed the rest of the game.

“(We’re) concerned about his Achilles tendon,” Jets coach Robert Saleh told reporters in the postgame press conference. An MRI will likely confirm what we think is actually going to happen with my Achilles tendon, so pray tonight. But it’s not good.”

The X-rays Rodgers underwent were “negative” for the team Published on Xformerly known as Twitter.

Backup quarterback Zach Wilson entered the game in place of the injured Rodgers.

Saleh said: “I hurt for Aaron, and how much he invested in all of this.” “I’m still going to say a prayer. I’m still going to hold on to hope.”

Before being traded in the offseason, Rodgers spent the first 18 seasons of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers, leading the team to a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl XLV in 2011.

Rodgers won MVP awards in 2011, 2014, 2020 and 2021 while setting numerous records for his accuracy and lethality over the years.