Pittsburgh's Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes in a triumphant return to New York while Cincinnati and Tampa Bay won tight contests on the opening Sunday of the NFL season.
Rodgers, a 41-year-old quarterback making his Steelers debut to open his 21st NFL season, led a late drive to give Pittsburgh a 34-32 victory over the host New York Jets.
Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player Rodgers completed 22-of-30 passes for 244 yards and four scores without an interception against the club he played for the past two seasons following 18 years at Green Bay.
"A lot of things happen in week one. It's a crazy game," Rodgers said. "They got after us at times. We had some opportunistic players and I thought there was a lot of teachable tape out there for us.
"But when we had to make a drive, we