Jets’ Rodgers insists he’ll play despite knee issue, rookie Fashanu placed on IR with foot injury

Aaron Rodgers insists there’s nothing uncertain about his status for the New York Jets’ game Sunday at Buffalo. “It feels pretty good.” Rookie left tackle Olu Fashanu’s promising first season is over, though, as the first-round pick was placed on injured reserve with an injury to the plantar fascia in his left foot. Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said earlier Tuesday that it was “just too early to tell” what Rodgers’ availability might be, but he was optimistic about the 41-year-old quarterback’s chances. “If I’m a betting man,” Ulbrich said, “I’m betting on Aaron Rodgers to play.” Rodgers said he didn’t need an MRI on the knee, the latest ailment in what has been an injury-filled season. “There’s a GM that has to get hired, I would assume first, and then he’s going to be part of hiring the head coach, so I have to be in the plans of multiple people, starting with the ownership and then the GM and then the head coach.” Rodgers added that if he’s told the Jets want him back, it would mean they see him as an important part of trying to change the culture of a team that hasn’t made the postseason in 14 years.