{"id":146314,"date":"2023-09-12T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=146314"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:50:58","slug":"chiefs-jones-shares-reaction-rodgers-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/12\/chiefs-jones-shares-reaction-rodgers-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Chris Jones Shares Rival&#8217;s Reaction to Aaron Rodgers&#8217; Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones shared a post from Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari reacting to the injury suffered by New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Monday Night Football. On his fourth play from scrimmage, Rodgers was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/09\/israel-abanikanda-help-aaron-rodgers\/\" target=\"_self\">taken down<\/a> by former Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams EDGE Leonard Floyd, suffering a torn Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWTF!!!! That injury is TURF related,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBakhtiari\/status\/1701401254902054986\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bakhtiari posted<\/a>. \u201cCan we put an end to this s*** already.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Chiefs&#8217; Chris Jones Shares Message Blaming Turf for Aaron Rodgers&#8217; Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Bakhtiari and Rodgers spent 10 years together as teammates on the Packers, winning the division six times and making it to the NFC Championship Game four times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A close up of the play on which Aaron Rodgers\u2019 calf reverberates, and he winds up with what the Jets now believe is an Achilles injury, via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLrecoveryCLUB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ACLrecoveryCLUB<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcGeWGGiL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bcGeWGGiL0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1701463228562170099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongrats @nfl. How many more players have to get hurt on ARTIFICIAL TURF??! You care more about soccer players than us,\u201d Bakhtiari <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBakhtiari\/status\/1701402938642415783\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in another post<\/a>. \u201cYou plan to remove all artificial turf for the World Cup coming up. So clearly it\u2019s feasible. I\u2019m sick of this..Do better!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The matter of turf versus grass is not a new one. And, while grass has seemingly long been the <a href=\"https:\/\/theturfgrassgroup.com\/general\/does-the-nfl-prefer-grass-or-turf\/#:~:text=Many%20NFL%20players%20have%20spoken,which%20can%20help%20prevent%20injuries.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preference for players<\/a>, 14 of 30 NFL stadiums still use turf similar to that used at MetLife Stadium where the injury occurred. Stadium officials <a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownwire.usatoday.com\/2023\/09\/11\/aaron-rodgers-injury-metlife-stadium-turf\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updated the turf<\/a> at MetLife ahead of this season after a rash of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>It received positive reviews from players while Rodgers, 39, dealt with a calf injury this summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Fans Poke Fun at Chiefs&#8217; Patrick Mahomes After Aaron Rodgers Injury Tweet<\/h3>\n<p>Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sent out a message in reaction to his counterpart\u2019s misfortune in the immediate aftermath. But a missing comma threw social media into an uproar leading Mahomes to edit his post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate that, man\u2026 Praying for the best,\u201d read Mahomes\u2019 corrected post which he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickMahomes\/status\/1701399603159974277\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">followed with another<\/a>. \u201cKnew i was going to need that edit button on here one of these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud of this edit,\u201d posted Merriam-Webster\u2019s \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerriamWebster\/status\/1701402022585434179\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aka the dictionary<\/a> \u2013 social media account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the edit \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnieAgar\/status\/1701403785245900891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA comma can really save a man,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Awhbit\/status\/1701400417496903855\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted @awhbit<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jets head coach Robert Saleh named former No. 2 overall pick Zach Wilson the starter for the rest of the season right after the game. Official word of Rodgers\u2019 injury came down soon after. New York overcame the loss of Rodgers\u2019 and a 13-6 deficit to beat the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo\u2019s Josh Allen took the blame for the loss after throwing three interceptions and losing one of two fumbles.<\/p>\n<h3>Details of Chris Jones\u2019 Contract Emerge<\/h3>\n<p>Jones rejoins his teammates after agreeing to a one-year contract that will pay him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/38380797\/chiefs-dt-chris-jones-agree-new-1-year-contract\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to $25 million with incentives<\/a>, per ESPN\u2019s Adam Teicher on September 12. But colleague Jeremey Fowler noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1701588180493803670\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chiefs can franchise tag Jones<\/a> next offseason. That could set them up for a repeat of this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Before the new deal, the one-time All-Pro counted for more than $28 million against the cap.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City lost to the Detroit Lions in the season opener, though many pointed to the wide receiving corps and offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor over the defense as the cause for the letdown on banner-raising night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones shared a message from Aaron Rodgers&#8217; former teammate placing blame for the quarterback&#8217;s injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":146315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[275,7811,298,7748,7655,31931],"class_list":["post-146314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-chris-jones","tag-jets-featured","tag-packers-featured","tag-patrick-mahome"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}