Buffalo Bills defensive end Leonard Floyd (56) sacks New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) early in the first quarter during the home opener at MetLife Stadium. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK

Watch: Ian Rapoport reports on Aaron Rodgers' Achilles surgery in graphic detail

By Andrew Kulha | Last updated 9/21/23

Ian Rapoport is one of the best NFL reporters in the world, but did you know that he doubles as a doctor on the side? Or perhaps that's whenever he stays at a Holiday Inn.

Either way, the veteran NFL reporter made an appearance on NFL Network's, "The Insiders" on Thursday and he gave one of the more unique injury updates you're likely to see.

The subject? None other than New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Achilles he tore just four plays into his first season.

Rodgers recently had surgery to fix the Achilles tear, and Rapoport broke down the process — known as SpeedBridge surgery — in a segment including visual props and an animated guide.

From The Insiders on NFL+: Do you want to SEE the surgery that #Jets QB Aaron Rodgers had? Well... Say hello to the Arthrex Achilles Mid Substance Speedbridge. We have an animation and everything! pic.twitter.com/kZ2YuO1idl
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 21, 2023

If you didn't know what you were watching at the moment, there's a chance you may have thought you stumbled across a rerun of "ER" where Rapoport was doing his best George Clooney impression. You may have also mistaken the segment for an anatomy lesson from your local community college.

It was interesting, sure, but it was also graphic enough that Rapoport's co-hosts had no idea what to say when the "presentation" was done.

More interesting than the surgery Rodgers underwent will be his status for 2024 and beyond. He was already flirting with retirement before the Packers traded him to the Jets, and even the most advanced surgery procedures in the world may not increase the chances of a 40-year-old being able to come back from a torn Achilles to play high-level NFL football after an already nearly 20-year career.

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