Green Bay Packers Rumors 2016: Aaron Rodgers Set to Make Full Recovery
After undergoing knee surgery, Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers is finally on track to make a full recovery, and hopefully play in full health once the new season begins. The arthroscopic knee surgery was intended to repair the injury he suffered during their playoff defeat at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals, although he insisted that it didn't happen during that game.
The veteran quarterback said that he now can walk normally and that he feels great even only after a month of the surgery. The loss of the Cardinals in their divisional round matchup ended Green Bay's season, but if they did win it, it could have been pretty difficult for them to advance without Rodgers.
Last season's injury was actually the first time the 32-year-old missed a game since 2013, when he broke a collarbone. Before that injury, he signed a five-year contract extension with the Packers worth $110 million, which at that time made him the highest-paid player in the history of the league. After going down, his team would go on to lose all games in a five-week span, pulling their record to 5-6-1.
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Before the injury last season, Rodgers was playing great, completing almost 61 percent of his passes, highlighted by 3,821 yards along with 31 TDs and eight interceptions.
This isn't the first time Rodgers suffered a serious knee injury. Back in 2004 and during his freshman year at the University of California, he hurt his knee in a basketball game, forcing him to undergo reconstructive surgery. However, it should be interesting to learn that after that injury, he managed to avoid any more knee problems and in fact didn't miss any games as a pro football player because of any kind of knee issue, or at least up to this point.
Although he had a couple of career lows last season, the Packers expect him to bounce back after a successful surgery.
