Thursday, September 19 marks the second Thursday Night Football game of the 2024 season, and it's a big one. Aaron Rodgers will make his 2024 debut in front of New York Jets fans at MetLife Stadium, the first time he'll take a snap in East Rutherford since tearing his Achilles on that very turf in Week 1 of the 2023 season. The future Hall of Fame quarterback hasn't played up to the level we've come to expect in the opening weeks of the 2024 season, throwing for 343 yards and three touchdowns with one interception in two games so far, but the Jets are 1-1 and have many weeks to improve.
They'll play host to the New England Patriots for the home opener. The Jets' longtime divisional rivals are also 1-1 and exhibiting surprising competency despite starting a journeyman quarterback in Jacoby Brissett and one of the NFL's worst pass-blocking offensive lines. Both defenses were expected to be excellent entering the season and are shaping up to be such.
