Aaron Rodgers was acquired last season by the New York Jets from the Green Bay Packers, as the Packers moved on from Rodgers to give Jordan Love his chance to start.
Aaron Rodgers’ first year with the Jets went a lot different than Love’s with Green Bay. The Packers made the playoffs and defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Rodgers was injured as he suffered a torn Achilles in Week 1 vs. the Bills. He missed the remainder of the 2023 NFL season.
Experts Talk About Aaron Rodgers’ 2024 Prospects
Now Rodgers is ready to go for the 2024 season with the Jets, many experts have weighed in on how everything will go.
“Look, he’s still a 40-year-old quarterback coming off an Achilles,” said Jonathan Jones, the Lead NFL Insider for CBSsports.com. “No matter the process, there still really isn’t historical precedent in sports. Anyone who thinks they know how he’s going to come out and play, you don’t. You’re guessing. There’s nothing to measure that against. Any quarterback who tears an Achilles, you wouldn’t think they would be very good. But he’s Aaron Rodgers. He’s different. Can he make a miraculous recovery? I don’t know that.”
“When we’ve seen him at his best, he could extend plays, but he’s a 40-year-old quarterback and he’ll probably need to run some backside options, boom, getting out on one-step routes, getting the football out of his hands,” Pelissero said. “What can he do to help the O-line is get the football out of his hands, so they don’t have to block 40 times? Hack’s offense gives him the authority to have a bunch of different plays [to call] at the line. Three-step drop, take a shot. That’s what he’s done well. It’s going to keep him healthy and take the pressure off the O-line.”