The San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets close out first week National Football League action tonight at Levi’s Stadium. The game brings back to action Aaron Rodgers who missed all but a couple snaps last season, his first with New York, due to an injury.
Will Rodgers return to the form that had him win a Super Bowl and league Most Valuable Player awards while working behind the Green Bay Packers offensive line?
Or, perhaps, at 40 years of age are Rodgers’ best years behind him and he is facing the prospect that has done everything from ending the careers of presidential candidates to longtime great athletes … the passage of time.
The Jets bankbook thought Rodgers still had enough left in the tank to take the Jets back to the Super Bowl, and if they are right, while their first year at this experiment was derailed by injury, the second New York act might just be magic. It can be argued that a year off while recovering from his season ending torn Achilles injury might set Rodgers up for a big year this season.
Time will tell.
The 49ers are also led by a quarterback that had his career path adjusted due to injury … but from the other side of that equation. Brock Purdy, the last player selected in the 2022 NFL draft was called upon two December’s ago to replace an injured Jimmy Garoppolo while the player that started the season ahead of Purdy on the 49ers depth chart, Trey Lance, was already sidelined with an injury.