Prepare to get behind the scenes with Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Streaming service Netflix announced a new three-part documentary called “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma”, premiering on Dec. 17.
The trailer, released on Monday ahead of his return game on “Monday Night Football” opposite the San Francisco 49ers, features Rodgers recovering from his Achilles injury, suffered just four plays into the 2023 season-opener.
Rodgers, 40, is seen on a private airplane with his left foot raised and wrapped up, sitting on the lap of a female, although her face is cut out of the trailer.
At the time, the QB was rumored to be dating Mallory Edens, daughter of Milwaukee Bucks owner and billionaire Wes Edens
In the trailer, Rodgers showcased his analytical mindset that has made him an elite quarterback.
“It’s all percentages,” Rodgers said. “So you know there’s ways of saying it, but you’re throwing the ball to the open guy or going through progressions, but in the end, it’s all percentages.”
An in-motion play sheet then opens up during the trailer, and Rodgers begins saying that each throw has a different percentage chance of successfully being completed.
Rodgers explains that ex-Packers receiver James Jones was a jump-ball-catcher extraordinaire.
He dives into the thought process of throwing to him.
“Every jump ball to him would be 20 percent with most guys,” Rodgers says in the trailer. “Fifty percent with him.”
Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon who operated on Rodgers’ Achilles and also worked on Kobe Bryant’s, is another star of the trailer.
“One of the greatest players that I’ve taken care of. Him, Kobe, and [Tom] Brady,” ElAttrache said.
“They all have a belief in themselves; sometimes it’s a belief that their own body doesn’t follow the normal rules of anatomy or physics or biology, and that’s not always healthy, but if you can corral that a little bit, I think that it can work in a positive way.”
The first look at Rodgers’ recovery and hard work comes tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET.
