
With Aaron Rodgers back from a torn Achilles tendon that cost him all but one drive of 2023, the New York Jets wanted to go all in for 2024. A team with both the NFL's longest active postseason drought and Super Bowl aspirations planned to capitalize on the twilight of Rodgers's career to try and bring home the team's first Lombardi Trophy since Joe Namath roamed the field.
Those visions took a hit early when the Jets started 2–4 over their first six games of the season. Looking to invigorate a middling Jets offense, the team traded for wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders.