Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
San Francisco 49ers Shockingly saw their star Christian McCaffrey inactive on Monday night against the New York Jets.
But his backup, Jordan Mason, didn’t disappoint in his first career start, as he helped his team to a 32-19 win to start the season off on the right foot.
All eyes were on him Aaron Rogers Returned to an NFL field after suffering an Achilles tear on the fourth play of the Jets’ “Monday Night Football” matchup against the Buffalo Bills in Week 1.
But, while Rodgers had his first career touchdown pass in the game, it was Mason who stole the spotlight on his home turf at Levi’s Stadium. Mason scored his first career touchdown as a starter, and rushed for a career-high 147 yards on 28 carries.
The Jets’ stingy defense hasn’t been there since 2023 when the ball was in Mason’s hands, as he set the tone early on.
After the Jets scored the game’s first touchdown — a three-yard rush from Brice Hall on a 12-play drive — Mason began going on the team’s fourth drive. San Fran was able to convert two field goal attempts by Jake Moody, including one after a Jets touchdown to make it 7–6, but Mason went on four straight run plays that finally opened up a lot for the quarterback. Brock Purdy.
Mason appeared to score the team’s first touchdown of the year, but DeBo Samuel was called for offensive holding on the drive. In fact, a few plays later it was Samuel who took a Jets sweep and ran it two yards out — just one play after Mason took it 11 yards to the Jets’ goal.
Mason would finally see that touchdown count on the team’s opening drive of the second-half, an 11-play, 70-yard masterpiece where he busted it in from five yards out.
With the score 23-7 after Mason’s score, it looked like the game was out of reach, especially as Rodgers’ tipped pass fell into the hands of Demetrius Flanigan-Fowles for an interception on the ensuing drive.
But Rodgers’ first career touchdown pass couldn’t have come at a better time, when he got a free play on a 49ers offsides penalty and launched a 36-yard strike to his old friend Allen Lazard from the Green Bay Packers. It’s 26-13. Hall wasn’t able to convert on the two-point attempt, but it felt like more of a game at that point.
However, the 49ers took nearly seven minutes off the clock on the next drive – yes, Mason had a lot to do with it – as they added another Moody field goal to the scoreboard.
Moody tied the 49ers record with six field goals made in six attempts in this game.
Looking further into the box score, Purdy finished the game 19-of-29 for 231 yards with 64 yards on five receptions to Jauan Jennings, his leading receiver. Samuel also had five catches for 54 yards, while rushing for 23 yards on eight rushes.
For the Jets, Rodgers was 13-of-21 in what fans will call his true debut for 167 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
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