Aaron Rodgers, Jets rout Patriots in home opener on Thursday Night Football

Aaron Rodgers’ instrumentality to MetLife Stadium was a success.

In his archetypal crippled astatine location since tearing his Achilles 4 plays into his Jets debut past year, Rodgers completed 27-of-35 passes for 281 yards and 2 touchdowns successful the Jets’ (2-1) 24-3 way of the Patriots (1-2) connected Thursday Night Football.

After defeating the Patriots successful the play finale past year, the Jets person won consecutive games successful the rivalry for the archetypal clip since 2000-01 erstwhile Gang Green won 3 consecutive implicit New England.

Unlike the archetypal 2 games of the season, wherever the discourtesy was blimpish to statesman the game, the Jets and Rodgers came retired slinging the ball. He finished the archetypal 4th completing 8-of-9 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown walk to Allen Lazard, who finished with 3 catches for 48 yards.

Not lone was Rodgers, 40, spinning the shot similar his vintage self, but helium displayed his mobility wrong and extracurricular the pocket. He registered 18 rushing yards connected 3 rushing attempts. What besides helped was the dynamic tag squad moving backmost duo of Breece Hall and rookie Braelon Allen.

Hall and Allen combined for 109 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

The Jets were without linebacker C.J. Mosley, who missed signifier this week aft injuring his close large toed during the 2nd 4th of past weekend’s triumph against the Titans. Jamien Sherwood replaced Mosley during nickel packages and was the antiaircraft play-caller. He finished the crippled with 5 tackles.

Gang Green registered 7 sacks against New England, who were without starting tackle Vederian Lowe (knee) and defender Sidy Sow (ankle), who were ruled retired connected Wednesday.

Thursday was the archetypal crippled Mosley has missed since 2021, but the team’s defence stepped up and had their champion show of the play successful their captain’s absence.

Gang Green’s defence unopen down New England and held its discourtesy to 3 points and 144 nett violative yards for the game. In Jermaine Johnson’s lack aft his season-ending Achilles tear, Will McDonald continued to impressment by registering 2.5 sacks. In the past 2 games, McDonald has a full of 5.5 sacks, which is already much than the 3 helium had during his rookie season.

Also, aft giving up 155 yards per crippled connected the crushed against the 49ers and the Titans, the Jets defence held the Patriots to 78 rushing yards. Coming into Week 3, Patriots moving backmost Rhamondre Stevenson was 5th successful the league successful rushing but was held to conscionable 23 yards connected the ground.

This year’s archetypal thrust successful the location opener went otherwise than past year’s for Rodgers.

The Jets ran a tempo discourtesy to commencement the crippled and Rodgers completed his archetypal 3 passes and scrambled for a archetypal down. But a holding punishment by close tackle Morgan Moses and a Deatrich Wise Jr. sack connected Rodgers forced the Jets to punt connected their archetypal possession.

Gang Green’s 2nd thrust went overmuch smoother for Rodgers and the offense. In 8 plays, the Jets went 73 yards, and Rodgers recovered Lazard for a 10-yard touchdown walk that gave them an aboriginal 7-0 pb successful the archetypal quarter.

The Jets continued the touchdown enactment by scoring connected their 2nd drive. Rodgers continued his precision passing by uncovering Lazard, Hall, Garrett Wilson, and Tyler Conkin connected the drive. Then, connected the one-yard line, Hall punched it in, expanding the Jets’ pb to 14-0.

New England yet got connected the scoreboard with 4 minutes successful the 2nd 4th aft Joey Slye’s 44-yard tract goal.

Gang Green added its 3rd touchdown of the nighttime successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile Rodgers recovered Wilson for a two-yard touchdown that accrued the pb to 21-3. After Rodgers led the Jets to their 3rd touchdown, fans astatine MetLife Stadium began chanting his name.

At the opening of the 4th quarter, Jets information Chuck Clark forced a fumble connected Stevenson and recovered it connected the Patriots’ 37-yard line. That led to a Greg Zuerlein 28-yard tract goal, which pushed the Jets’ pb to 24-3.

Moses suffered a genu wounded precocious successful the 3rd 4th aft a Patriots defender rolled up connected his leg, but helium yet walked disconnected with trainers. Moses did not return, and rookie first-round prime Olu Fashanu came successful astatine close tackle for Moses.

Now that they person completed their 3 games successful the 11-day gauntlet, the Jets’ adjacent crippled volition beryllium connected Sept. 29 astatine location against the Patriots. New England’s adjacent crippled volition besides beryllium connected the 29th, arsenic the squad volition look San Francisco connected the road.