Report: Jets QB Aaron Rodgers to start final preseason game


Aaron Rodgers will make his highly anticipated debut in a New York Jets uniform in Saturday’s preseason finale against the Giants, the New York Post reported Sunday.

New York acquired the four-time league Most Valuable Player in April in a trade with the Green Bay Packers. In the first two preseason games, he’s watched Zach Wilson and Tim Boyle lead the offense.

Wilson, who will back up Rodgers after going 8-14 as a starter over the past two seasons, started the three preseason games for the Jets thus far.

Rodgers last played in a preseason game in 2018 but said early in training camp that he would play this summer if that is what coach Robert Saleh wanted him to do.

“I wouldn’t mind playing in the preseason,” Rodgers said, per the Post. “I wouldn’t mind if Robert said, ‘Hey, we are going to go. Let’s do it.’ Most coaches have that fear where they want to get you to the Week 1 and not risk it, but I believe there is a chance for the last one.”

Rodgers, 39, starts the season with 59,055 career yards, 475 touchdown passes and a 147-75-1 record as a starter.