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Joe Burrow got advice from Aaron Rodgers on dealing with an injured calf

Joe Burrow got advice from Aaron Rodgers on dealing with an injured calf

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Joe Burrow spoke last week, with the four-time MVP offering advice to the Bengals quarterback about dealing with a calf injury. Burrow injured his right calf on the second day of training camp and it worsened in Week 2 but he played through it Monday night.

“He has dealt with calf issues throughout his career and… [I] “He wanted to use him as a resource and get his ideas and what he could have done,” Burrow said, via Ben Baby of ESPN. “He’s been through it, I did that. And he was great at it.

During an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, Rodgers discussed the difficulty of playing with a calf injury and the toughness it takes.

“For him to be able to get through it, I don’t think people realize the amount of pain and limited mobility he was in,” Rodgers said. “But for him to get rid of it.” . . And making enough plays to win, she wrote to him, is what great competitors do. They show up and play through the pain and don’t make it a big deal.

Burrow was experiencing expected pain on Tuesday, but said he felt better on Wednesday.

He was graded as a full participant after taking all the first team shots in the walkthrough.

“I’m going to get better every week because I haven’t had a setback, so to come out of Monday without a setback was big,” Burrow said. “That means it will be stronger this week. If I get through this week without any setbacks, it will be stronger next week. So, all you can do is rest and take some time. But I will keep playing and training and I will get stronger over the year.”

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Smiling, Burrow did not go into detail about the advice Rodgers gave him.

“[I’m] “I will continue to use that as a resource,” Burrow said. He is a great man. When you have a guy like that willing to help, you’ll use him.