New York Jets coach Robert Saleh has said he expects Aaron Rodgers to be fit to face the Buffalo Bills in the NFL next Monday (8.15pm ET) despite an ankle sprain suffered by the quarterback against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The 40-year-old was hurt during the third quarter of the Jets’ 23-17 defeat in London as his team fell to their second consecutive loss.
“All the preliminary stuff says he’ll be fine,” said Saleh, via ESPN, adding that Rodgers had “ups and downs” during a game that has increased the pressure on the Jets boss.
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A downbeat Rodgers described himself as “definitely banged up”. “I got my foot caught under a pile,” he said. “It just seems to be a low ankle sprain. There were a lot of things that made some noises on the way down.”
Despite their mixed start, Rodgers and the Jets can overtake the Bills when the top two in the AFC meet at the MetLife Stadium.
Rodgers registered 29-of-54 for 244 yards and two touchdowns against the Vikings, who were the hosts and established a 17-0 lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Jets vs Bills: ‘Got to start faster’
“We need to be playing from the lead,” said Rodgers. “We’ve got to start faster – we say it every week. What’s the magic recipe for that?
“We’re going to go and spend some time this week trying to figure it out. There were some conversations around the slipperiness of the field but both teams were playing on it and we could handle that.
“The most important positive to take is if we stick together, because there will be a lot of people outside of the building who won’t be sticking with the Jets.
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“We stick together. I still have a lot of confidence in this team. It’s a team that’s going to make a run, whether that run starts next week, the following week or whenever it might be.
“I’m confident in our guys, confident in the leadership and confident that we’ll get this thing straightened out.
“We’re playing below our potential with too many mistakes. That’s hard to overcome. For me, I’ve got to take care of the football. I can’t turn the ball over three times and win this league.”
