When Aaron Rodgers took the field at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, September 7, a scene much different from the past greeted him. A mix of jeers from the Jets crowd, who once cheered for him, and an electric sense of redemption humming in the air. Rodgers, flashing black and gold against the sea of green, answered the question hanging over his twilight NFL career. 4 TDs, 244 yards, and a thrilling 34-32 road win over his former team. Yet beneath the glittering stat line, a nuanced concern lurked, something that could bode ill for Steelers HC Mike Tomlin going into the season.

Mike Tomlin praised Rodgers postgame simply: “I just thought he was game all day… that’s why I was confident.” But Tomlin also cautioned that this was just the first chapter of a long season and th

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