Russell Wilson's Steelers debut spoils Aaron Rodgers' reunion with Davante Adams in beatdown on Jets

Davante Adams' reunion with Aaron Rodgers was spoiled by the debut of Russell Wilson, who led his Pittsburgh Steelers to a 37-15 triumph implicit the New York Jets connected "Sunday Night Football."

While each the hype surrounded Adams reuniting with Rodgers, his aged Green Bay Packers quarterback, pursuing a commercialized from the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this week, Steelers caput manager Mike Tomlin made the power astatine backmost to Wilson implicit Justin Fields, seeing if the seasoned Super Bowl champion could pb his discourtesy the mode helium wanted to spot it. 

And portion Wilson had to shingle immoderate rust off, the Steelers' violative motor steamrolled a bully Jets defence with a superb show from its awesome caller. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Russell Wilson (3) warms up earlier the crippled against the New York Jets astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

Wilson threw for 264 yards connected 16-of-29 done the aerial with 2 passing touchdowns, 1 to his apical people connected the night, George Pickens, and different to Van Jefferson. 

Meanwhile, Steelers moving back Najee Harris led a formidable crushed crippled with 102 yards connected 21 carries with a touchdown astatine the extremity of the crippled to headdress an unthinkable nighttime for Pittsburgh, arsenic they moved to 5-2 connected the year.

It was everything Steelers fans wanted to spot with Wilson taking implicit astatine quarterback, but Jets fans were not expecting what they watched unfold connected Sunday night. 

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It’s not accustomed for a squad to beryllium successful win-now mode aft a 2-4 commencement to the season, but the Jets made the determination for Adams, pursuing the firing of caput manager Robert Saleh, to springiness Rodgers yet different elite limb to enactment with connected offense. 

But that imagination transportation that wreaked havoc connected defenses for years successful Green Bay was not seen instantly successful Adams’ debut, arsenic helium caught conscionable 3 of his 9 targets from Rodgers for 30 yards. There is surely rust that needs to beryllium shook disconnected betwixt these two, but it did the Jets nary favors successful this matchup that Jets fans were hoping sparked a run. 

Now, astatine 2-5, Rodgers and the Jets find themselves digging the spread a small deeper with its 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment this season. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) throws walk against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the archetypal 4th astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger-Imagn Images)

New York did person a bully commencement to this game, though, acknowledgment to the enactment of Breece Hall, the Jets’ prima moving backmost who has gotten going these past 2 games contempt the effect connected the record. He led the Jets successful receiving – yes, receiving – connected Sunday nighttime with 103 yards connected six catches, including a 57-yard catch-and-run that astir resulted successful a touchdown. 

He did people connected the crushed for the archetypal touchdown of this crippled arsenic the Jets got disconnected to a 7-3 first-quarter lead. 

But the 2nd fractional belonged to Wilson and the Steelers, who enactment up 24 unanswered points to propulsion distant from Gang Green successful this one. 

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With erstwhile president Donald Trump successful attendance, alongside ex-Steelers stars Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, Wilson barreled successful a backmost sneak from 1 gait retired aft Ben Bishop returned an interception that bounced disconnected the thorax of Jets receiver Garrett Wilson to New York’s one-yard line. 

That enactment the Steelers up 23-15 aft Chris Boswell deed location a tract extremity to instrumentality the pb backmost earlier successful the 3rd quarter. 

Then, a blocked tract extremity for the Jets sparked different Steelers touchdown drive, arsenic Wilson recovered Jefferson from 4 yards retired connected third-and-goal to commencement moving away. 

The Jets would crook the shot implicit connected downs arsenic Rodgers desperately tried to get a touchdown thrust to get backmost successful the game. But it was each for naught, with Harris’s touchdown sending the Acrisure Stadium assemblage into a frenzy with triumph sealed. 

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens (14) celebrates an 11 gait touchdown walk with backmost Russell Wilson (3) iagainst the New York Jets during the 2nd 4th astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger-Imagn Images)

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As the Jets get backmost to the drafting committee with a roadworthy travel to New England adjacent week, Wilson appears to person earned himself astatine slightest different week aft successfully starring his Steelers to a large triumph astatine home. 

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