Rodgers Injures Achilles Out for the Season

JETS 22 - BILLS 16

Only the Jets. 

Only the Jets could make what turned out to be a joyous come-from-behind victory into an evening of mourning. This is life of a Jets fan. The highs and lows, sometimes both at the same time. 

The Jets experienced all of that on Monday night. The night kicked off with great promise as Aaron Rodgers came running out of the tunnel with the American Flag in his hand; a spotlight draped over him as he ran through the conga line of teammates.  

The wait. The anticipation. The buildup was all going to come to fruition. Then, as quickly as Rodgers ran onto the field in introductions, was as quickly as the season stopped with a thud. 

On the fourth play of the game, Rodgers was sacked by Leonard Floyd who came in and twisted the quarterback around into the ground, a blown assignment by --- guess who -- left tackle Duane Brown who fell on the play. Rodgers got up, then felt the back of his legs, and sat back down. He knew something was bad. 

Eventually he walked over to the sideline, then into the blue tent as a cart came rolling by to take him into the locker room. 

The flashbacks to Vinny Testaverde's rupturing his Achilles tendon were real. Fans groaned and winced at the very thought of it. They knew deep down, that the season was over back in 1999. And it looks like it is over again in 2023. 

The only glimmer of hope that the Jets have in 2023 is this defense, which was again fantastic. They forced four Buffalo turnovers, and picked off Josh Allen three times. They forced the fumble that set up a go-ahead field goal late. 

Then the special teams took over when Xavier Gipson returned the punt 65-yards to the house to give the Jets a thrilling 22-16 victory. 

Hats off to Robert Saleh and his staff for keeping the Jets focused and positive. They players were into the game even if the fans had mentally checked out as they watched Gang Green trail 13-6 for most of the night. 

They fought back. Now they must keep fighting up hill for the rest of the season if they want to stand a chance. 

As Robert Saleh said, you ain't got no haters if you ain't poppin. Now everyone will be jumping off the Jets bandwagon. Will that play into the Jets favor? We'll have to wait and see, but for the time being it doesn't look good. And the Jets will have to roll offensively with the guy they tried to replace: Zach Wilson.