It’s already a well-known fact that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not be playing anymore in 2023 given his Achilles injury suffered early in the first game of the season. That doesn’t mean, however, that he’s checked out and/or that he can’t make a difference from the sidelines
Rodgers provided some inspiration to his teammates at MetLife Stadium on Sunday Night Football as he was in attendance. This game was forecast as one of the biggest games of the NFL regular season when the schedule was first revealed back in May. That’s because Rodgers and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had never once faced off in an NFL game.
The game started as expected as the Chiefs held a 17-0 lead before we could blink.
Rodgers was in a skybox suite watching and got shown on the broadcast with his hands behind his head as the score flashed on the bottom. Fans would then turn him into a meme.
The New York Jets lost the game, but they walked away with a moral victory. The Kansas City Chiefs escaped MetLife Stadium with a narrow 23-20 victory, but the game was much closer than expected.
Zach Wilson looked impressive for the first time since Aaron Rodgers and the team’s realistic Super Bowl hopes were lost to the future Hall of Famer’s torn Achilles.