Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
Aaron Rogers has finally thrown his first career touchdown for the New York Jets, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the team trailing the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.
jets‘ The offense was able to score the game’s first touchdown – a Brice Hall rush into the end zone to make it 7-3 – but it was all 49ers until Rodgers started a drive late in the third quarter at Levina Stadium.
Then, after a tough Cadence saw the 49ers’ right edge jump offsides, Rodgers had a free game and knew what to do with it.
He ran a strike for veteran receiver Allen Lazard, an old teammate of his Green Bay Packers Joe followed him to the Jets last season, and he ran it into the end zone to make it a 26-13 game.
The 36-yard touchdown pass is something the Jets and their fan base have been waiting for for the past 500-plus days that Rodgers has been unable to play for the team due to an Achilles tear suffered on his fourth snap of 2023. Debut at home.
It was a deflating moment last year when the Jets faced the Buffalo Bills this time at MetLife Stadium.
Rodgers, who ran onto the field waving an American flag, had what was announced as an Achilles injury that would sideline him for the rest of the season.
But since then, Rodgers has been working hard to get back on the field, and there were even rumors at the end of last season that he would be available to play.
However, Jets fans had to wait the entire offseason and training camp to finally see Rodgers back in action.
Once he got through the first few series on Monday night, perhaps a collective sigh of relief was released. But Rodgers and the Jets found themselves down in the game against the reigning NFC champions, and his first touchdown pass couldn’t have come at a better time in the second half to make it an even closer game.
With the first one out of the way, Rodgers and the Jets are hoping for many more to come in a season where the goal is to break a 13-year playoff drought.
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