Week 1 began with a thrilling upset ... and ended with an upsetting injury.
It was an eventful opening slate of games, to say the least. But in the grand scheme of the 2023 NFL season, which outcomes matter most? That's what I'm looking to determine today.
Here is my ranking of the biggest developments from Week 1, Schein Nine style. Unfortunately, you all know where we have to start ...
Ugh. I'm sick for Aaron Rodgers. For the New York Jets. And of course, for the team's tortured fans.
Four snaps into the four-time MVP's highly anticipated debut campaign with the Jets, Rodgers took a sack. After briefly getting up on his feet and looking to the sideline, the 39-year-old sat down on the turf, and that was it. Torn Achilles. Rodgers' season didn't even last one full drive. Absolutely devastating.
Gang Green had serious Super Bowl aspirations, with the most talented quarterback ever joining a Jets team boasting enticing weaponry and an elite defense. Rodgers said and did everything right in the offseason and preseason. Monday night was supposed to be the first chapter in a potentially epic adventure. Instead, the book abruptly closed on New York's title dreams. Without Rodgers under center, this is a shiny ship without a captain. The Jets' Lombardi Trophy drought will continue for a 55th season. It's a soul-sucking turn of events.
Now, I know what some of you are thinking: Wait a second -- didn't the Jets WIN? Indeed they did. And what a display of resiliency that was, earning a 22-16 overtime victory over the Bills with a walk-off punt-return touchdown from an undrafted free-agent signee. I won't ever take that away from them. Truly inspiring stuff. But the point of this edition of the Schein Nine is to project how Week 1's
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