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has the science caught up to achilles iinuries?

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1 min
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Jul 15, 2026
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Wed, July 15, 2026
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Aaron RodgersDaniel JonesDeshaun WatsonKirk Cousins
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Aaron Rodgers

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Aaron Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles but wasn't running much and performed relatively well overall, though some decline was visible.

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Daniel Jones

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Daniel Jones suffered a torn Achilles injury and is working on recovery for the upcoming season. The source notes that torn Achilles injuries in starting quarterbacks are rare, with only six documented cases in NFL history.

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Deshaun Watson

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Deshaun Watson re-tore his Achilles and required another surgery, and has not yet returned to play, making him a unique case among torn Achilles injuries.

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Kirk Cousins

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Kirk Cousins struggled more with his torn Achilles injury because it was on his right side (power side), which impacted his throwing ability and other aspects of his game.

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0:00torn Achilles has been something over
0:01the last decade seemed like it was a
0:04game-changer. Has anything changed with
0:06torn Achilles? Are they still like as
0:08poorly looked upon as they were just
0:11like 3, 4, 5 years ago? And what do you
0:14think about with Daniel Jones, like his
0:16recovery for this particular season?
0:18>> So, there's not many quarterbacks ever
0:21in the NFL, starting quarterbacks, that
0:23have suffered a torn Achilles. I think,
0:25if I remember correctly, there's six.
0:27And we're going back to freaking Marino.
0:29Like, this isn't recent data. Like,
0:32there's just not a lot of them. It's not
0:33a common injury. We've happened to had a
0:35weird spell of four in the past like 3
0:38years or whatever.
0:39But, in general, this is a very rare
0:41injury. Yes, you had Aaron Rodgers, but
0:45he wasn't running a whole lot and, you
0:47know, for the most part he actually did
0:48pretty good with with with that,
0:50although you could definitely see an
0:50issue. Kirk Cousins struggled more. The
0:53difference is Kirk's was on his right
0:55side, on his power side, and that
0:57obviously impacted his throwing ability
0:59and other things. Then, you had Deshaun
1:00Watson, who's kind of his own little
1:02thing, that he actually re-tore it, I
1:05believe down here in Miami,
1:07and had to have another surgery. And
1:09obviously, he hasn't returned, so we
1:10can't really use him. And he even that
1:12says he's his own case. Yeah.

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