The new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback required a bit of luck to win on his debut but there were signs he can be an effective weapon for his team
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s revenge games go, this one was pretty sweet. Aaron Rodgers led the Steelers to a 34-32 win over the Jets, his former team, and over a coaching staff that fired him before they had the decency to check out his crystal collection.
“I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets,” Rodgers said on Sunday, after throwing for 244 yards and four touchdowns in his Pittsburgh debut.
Rodgers spent two bleak seasons with the Jets. First came the torn achilles that ended his first campaign almost before it began. Then, he slogged his way through a second year of mismanagement, playing for a franchise that effectively waved the white flag before Halloween. In Sunday’s comeback, he offered a glimpse of what could have been.
