In 2023, the Jets completed 7-10 and missed out on the playoffs for the thirteenth straight season. Final yr was purported to be totally different for New York. Nonetheless, four-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles after only a few performs in Week 1 vs. the Payments. Rodgers by no means returned and the Jets struggled with consistency at QB all season.
The one-time Tremendous Bowl champion QB is 40 years outdated and is heading into his twentieth skilled season in 2024. New York expects Rodgers to be 100% for Week 1 vs. the San Francisco 49ers. This season, the Jets have six primetime video games within the first 11 weeks. Rodgers calls the group “must-watch TV” in 2024.
Can Aaron Rodgers navigate the Jets by means of a troublesome schedule to start the 2024 season?
In response to the unusual notion that the Jets “owe” the NFL for 2023, Aaron Rodgers has a query: “What occurs once we pay them again with six prime-time video games this yr.”
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) Could 24, 2024
It’s been a long-awaited return for Aaron Rodgers after a devastating finish to his 2023 season. Rodgers was on the sphere for 4 performs earlier than tearing his Achilles. At that time, New York’s 2023 season was primarily flushed down the drain. The Jets had to make use of Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle, and Trevor Siemian. After shedding out on Rodgers’ first season with the Jets, the NFL has given New York a number of primetime video games this season. Together with six of their first 11 weeks.
New York goes to kick off the season with a matchup vs. the reigning NFC Champs, the 49ers. That’s primetime MNF for Aaron Rodgers’s first sport again since tearing his Achilles in September. Their subsequent primetime sport is in Week 3 on TNF vs. the Patriots. Subsequent up is MNF vs. the Payments in Week 6. The Jets have one other primetime Sport in Week 7 on the highway vs. the Steelers on SNF. In Week 9, the Jets will host the Texans for a Week 9 matchup of TNF. To complete out their primetime gauntlet to start out the season, the Jets are at residence in Week 11 to face the Colts.
It’s uncommon to listen to a participant of Aaron Rodgers’ caliber keen to be susceptible:
‘You remind your self that you simply nonetheless obtained it. All of us want that. I don’t care in case you’re me in your seventeenth yr beginning or a man who’s in his first or second yr attempting to determine it out. You want these… pic.twitter.com/mihSZnVIZ3
— Paul Andrew Esden Jr (@BoyGreen25) Could 23, 2024
NFL analyst Warren Sharp notes that the Jets have the 4th best schedule within the NFL this season in accordance with his metrics. That bodes properly for New York having a bounce-back season. We nonetheless haven’t seen the true potential of the Jets’ offense. New York has revamped their offense this offseason with additions like former Chargers WR Mike Willaims. Moreover, the Jets drafted WR Malachi Corley out of Western Kentucky. He’s going to be a particular participant for the Jets. To not point out they’ve 2022 Offensive Rookie of the 12 months, Garrett Wilson. Loads of expertise for Aaron Rodgers in 2024.
