Jan. 19, 2026, 12:51 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
As Indianapolis Colts<\/a> quarterback Daniel Jones works his way back from a season-ending Achilles injury, he’s received some advice from a future Hall of Fame quarterback.<\/p>\n According to ESPN’s Stephen Holder<\/a>, Aaron Rodgers has spoken with Jones a few times about recovering from an Achilles injury.<\/p>\n “Rodgers has offered Jones advice on attacking his rehab during phone conversations in the weeks since Jones was injured,” Holder wrote.<\/p>\n Rodgers suffered an Achilles injury in the first game of the 2023 season. He then missed the remainder of that season before returning in 2024.<\/p>\n That season, Rodgers completed 63%<\/a> of his passes for 3,897 yards with 28 touchdowns to 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n One noteworthy difference between Rodgers and Jones as they work through their respective injuries is each player’s age. Rodgers was around 40 when recovering from his Achilles injury, while Jones is 28 years old.<\/p>\n This can often be an injury where it takes a player time to return to form, even after they’ve returned to action.<\/p>\n Jones is set to be a free agent this offseason, however, it seems fairly obvious that both he and the Colts<\/a> would like to work out a new deal.<\/a><\/p>\n GM Chris Ballard said that he is “confident” in Jones’ ability to bounce back from this injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 19, 2026, 12:51 p.m. ET As Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones works his way back from a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,96675,95882,96015,95892,95903,95895,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-690866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagaaron-rodgers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagdaniel-jones","20":"tag-tagespn-inc","21":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115926817547551821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}