Jets' Aaron Rodgers Rehabbing Achilles Injury with Ravens' J.K. Dobbins

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Baltimore Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins have been working out together as they both recovery from major Achilles injuries.

"I get to work in rehab with J.K. Dobbins right now, awesome kid who's gone through a couple of rough injuries the last few years," he said Tuesday on the Pat McAfee Show (via Clifton Brown of the Ravens' official site). "Fantastic player and had the same surgery as me, and we're both I think inspiring each other to push this thing. His timetable might not be the same as mine, he obviously plays a different position."

Rodgers and Dobbins are facing separate challenges as they inch their way along the rehab process.

Rodgers remains hopeful of making a return at some point in the 2023 season, but that would seemingly require a medical miracle. There's almost no way the four-time MVP's Achilles heals before the campaign ends. Being 39 won't aid Rodgers' recovery, either.

Dobbins, meanwhile, plays one of the most physically demanding positions in the sport, and he's watching what should be the prime of his career get wrecked by major injuries. He missed the entire 2021 season and a portion of 2022 after tearing his ACL, LCL and meniscus.

Even though their paths are bound to split off sooner or later, Rodgers and Dobbins can at least help one another navigate through what can be one of the most difficult parts of injury recovery.

NBA star Gordon Hayward, who fractured his ankle on the opening night of the 2017-18 season, said the "mental grind" was the most difficult aspect of his comeback. The monotony of doing the same thing every day and only making incremental progress can be taxing over time.

It might be a little easier when you have someone else going through the same thing alongside you.