PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers woke up after the first game of his 21st season with the typical aches and pains that come with getting chased and occasionally hit by 300-pound men, but nothing out of the ordinary.

“I didn’t take too many big shots,” the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said.

The NFL’s oldest active player threw for four touchdowns but also absorbed four sacks during Pittsburgh’s 34-32 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday, though the 41-year-old made it a point to take some of the blame away from his new-look offensive line.

Rodgers said he thinks he ran into at least two of those sacks. Then there was the reality that comes with playing at full speed for the first time in eight months after Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin opted to let Rodgers watch the entire preseason f

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