24 hours after the Giants began the 2023 NFL season at Met Life Stadium by stinking up the joint in a 40-0 blowout loss to Dallas, the Jets opened their season against Buffalo with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. They finished the night without their prized off-season acquisition, but got a win in the process.
Just 1 series into the season, Rodgers was knocked out the game on a sack by Buffalo's Leonard Floyd, who came over from the Rams in the off-season. At first, it looked like it was an ankle injury, and Rodgers was wearing a walking boot the rest of the night.
This morning, the results of an MRI affirmed the Jets' worst fears. Rodgers, like Baltimore's JK Dobbins on Sunday, had torn his Achilles tendon, and is gone for the season, meaning that coach Robert Saleh must once again turn to 2021 draft pick Zach Wilson, now in his 3rd season out of BYU, as his starter.
But, predictably, the usual media types, including the jabroni clickbait sites, are speculating on who the Jets should bring back to replace Rodgers, and supplant Wilson as the starter du jour. Now, Wilson wasn't exactly setting the world on fire Monday, as it was the defense & special teams that led the Jets to victory, just like Dallas over the Giants the night before, but he played below expectations as a rookie two years ago, and the rabid NY media won't forget that. Joe Flacco is still on the free agent market, but does he want to take a chance on returning?
It's possible, because the impatient Jet fan base, conditioned to believe Wilson is not the answer, wants a proven winner to cover for Rodgers for the rest of the season.
15 years ago, Rodgers' predecessor in Green Bay, Brett Favre, came to the Jets. He left under a cloud of scandal and inconsistent play. It figures that the bad karma came with Rodgers, too, but the Jets have shown that this time, they can play through. If we're lucky, they could beat out the hated Patriots for a playoff spot, but, then..........
Of course, I could be wrong.
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