Aaron Rodgers gave Steelers fans a show in Week 1: those classic wrist-flick lasers, four touchdown passes, and that celebration as Boswell drilled a 60-yard game-winner. But before the Steelers fans start screaming “ Rodgers is back ,” The Athletic threw a bucket of cold water on the hype. Yes, let’s not go crazy with our expectations just yet.

Mike Sando’s piece for The Athletic praised Aaron Rodgers’ display, but it didn’t come without a warning, either. “It’s no shock seeing Rodgers play well, even at his age. There are signs he’ll struggle to produce consistently well over the course of a season,” he wrote. And when you rewatch the tape, it will start making some sense to you.

Let’s talk positives first. On the surface, the Jets game felt like a feel-good story. Rodg

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