Aaron Rodgers is focused on the New York Jets and his Achilles rehab, but old habits die hard: He still likes poking the Chicago Bears.
Rodgers, a guest Friday on «The Pat McAfee Show,» said he sent Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love a text message after the Packers beat the Bears in Week 1 at Soldier Field. «I said congratulations on keeping the ownership in place,» Rodgers said, smiling. «That was pretty awesome for him.» In 15 seasons as the Packers' starter, Rodgers compiled a 24-5 record against the Bears, famously screaming, «I still own you!» after scoring a game-clinching touchdown at Soldier Field in 2021.
Love, in his first start as Rodgers' successor, passed for 245 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers' 38-20 win. The day after the congratulatory text, Rodgers tore his left Achilles' tendon on the fourth play of the Jets' opener, resulting in season-ending surgery two days later.
Updating his rehab, Rodgers, 39, said he's out of the cast but still in a walking boot and unable to walk on his own. When he's able to walk, he hopes to return to the Jets' facility.