Although the Jets offense managed to score the first touchdown of the game, a Breece Hall rush into the end zone to make it 7-3, the 49ers controlled the game until late in the third quarter at Levi’s Stadium when Aaron Rodgers began a drive.
The 49ers’ right edge was forced to leap offsides by a strong cadence, and Rodgers was given a free play and knew just what to do with it.
He struck out at veteran receiver Allen Lazard, who was his former Green Bay Packers teammate and accompanied him to the Jets the previous season.
Over the more than 500 days that Aaron Rodgers has been sidelined by an Achilles tear sustained on the fourth play of his home debut in 2023, the Jets and their supporters have been waiting for the 36-yard touchdown throw.
With a calf injury, 49ers star Christian McCaffery was shockingly inactive against the Jets.
When the Jets played the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium at this time last year, it was an utterly depressing occasion.
After running onto the field and waving an American flag, Rodgers hobbled off, later learning that he had suffered an Achilles injury that would keep him out of action for the remainder of the season.
