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More on Eric Rogers - He tore his meniscus in the West final against the Bombers and still played in the Grey Cup game.

“Then, in the West Final, I got it caught underneath me and I’ve got a new meniscus tear in there. We got an MRI this week on it and they said there was some new damage in there. They compared it to the MRI from earlier in the season (that forced Rogers to get surgery and miss significant time at mid-season).”
Rogers has been fighting through injuries for a couple years now after an ACL tear ended what should have been his first season with the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers in training camp in 2016.

It’s been a painful, frustrating couple of years and Rogers can’t help but wonder if he’d be better off longterm by not taking any more damage playing football.

“It’s tough, if I’m able to figure something out this off-season to make it improve or just make it more consistent, then I’d love to be back,” Rogers said. “I played with Nik Lewis and (Marquay McDaniel) and they played into their early-30s, and I’ll be 28. The real goal is to be able to play for as long as you can, maybe three or four more years, but if not, I want to be able to run around a little bit.

“I’m going to need a total knee replacement at some point, probably earlier than most guys, but this whole year has been worth it because we won the Grey Cup.

“This is the most rewarding season of my career, even if when you look at it statistically, it’s not great, but coming off the two years of rehabbing and knee surgeries and then the injuries we had at the receiver position and these guys coming off two Grey Cup losses, you put everything together and it’s a great story, you can’t really write that.”

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