Aaron Rodgers, Jets in line to play 2024 game in Green Bay

Aaron Rodgers, Jets in line to play 2024 game in Green Bay،

Adam Schefter, ESPN senior writerNovember 25, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a clear path to playing a game in Green Bay next season, whether or not he returns in 2023.

In a scheduling fluke that TV networks and fans will love, the Jets’ 2024 schedule includes a road game against the NFC North team that ends in the same spot in their division, putting them on a potential collision course to face the Packers at Lambeau Field. .

The Jets (4-7) are third in the AFC East, two wins behind the second-place Bills (6-5) and two wins ahead of the last-place Patriots (2-8).

The surging Packers (5-6) have won three of their last four games but remain third in the NFC North, one win behind the second-place Vikings (6-5) and two wins ahead of the last-place Bears. (3-8).

While talk in recent weeks has focused on when Rodgers might return this season after the torn Achilles tendon he suffered on the fourth play of the Jets’ regular season opener, there is also now some intrigue about where he will play next. season.

A Rodgers return to Lambeau Field would be a scenario in which the networks would put pressure on the NFL to be able to broadcast that game, and that should drive up the ticket market that day to get a seat to see the veteran’s return of the Packers. legendary quarterback.

The Jets’ 2024 opponents for home games are the Bills, Dolphins, Patriots, Texans, Colts, Rams, Seahawks and the AFC West team that finishes in the same place as them. Their road games are in Buffalo, Miami, New England, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Arizona, San Francisco and the AFC North and NFC North teams finishing in the same place in their respective divisions.

Rodgers, who turns 40 next week, was a 10-time Pro Bowler and four-time league MVP during his 18 years with the Packers, winning one Super Bowl and reaching another during that span. He said “I still want to come back” during an interview earlier this month with “The Pat McAfee Show” and reiterated that he was aiming for a mid-December return, about three months after surgery. Achille.