New York Jets 19 - 32 San Francisco 49ers summary, stats, scores and highlights | NFL Week 1

It was a frustrating night for Aaron Rodgers who never really got the offense going. He threw the ball just 21 times, completing 13 of those passes for 167 yards for 1 TD and this interception on the Jets first drive of the second half. The Jets had three 3-and-outs a fumble an INT and a TD in their first five possessions. 

The Jets will get better as the year goes on, but their first test with Rodgers as their quarterback came against one of the best teams in the league, all the way across the country. No need for the Jets to get too down or the Niners to get to high, but it's San Fran taking the opening Monday Night game to close out Week 1. 

Jordan Mason had a coming out party on Monday Night Football in front of the entire nation. In his first start in the NFL, the undrafted rookie carried the ball 28 times for 147 yards and this touchdown. The 28 carries were more than he has ever got in the league or in college when he was at Georgia Tech. The Niners will be doubly pleased with the win and with knowing that they don't just have to feed Christian McCaffery all season. Mason gives them a viable back up to lighten the load on Run CMC. 

Purdy didn't put up huge numbers, but he didn't need to. The Niners game plan was to ground and pound and control the clock and that's exactly what they did. They ran 31 more plays that New York and had the ball for 17 more minutes. Purdy went 19/29 for 231 yards and made a couple of big throws including this one to Kyle Juszczyk for 35 yards to set up the second and final TD of the Niners night. 

The Niners offense took a little while to kick start, but once they found their gear they took off and didn't look back. Brock Purdy would lead his offense on eight straight scoring drives after their three and out to start the game. Deebo Samuel reverted to his dual role, coming out of the backfield on a handful of snaps with McCaffery on the sideline. He ended the night with 87 total yards and this touchdown to give the Niners a lead they would hold on to for the rest of the night. 

The Jets struggled to move the ball on the stingy Niners defense all night, but they did take the early lead with this Breece Hall TD run after a promising drive set up by Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson. Rodgers went 6/7 on the drive, but that would be the best he would look in his first full game since January of 2023. 

The San Francisco 49ers started their season with that sent a warning to the rest of the league, as they breezed past the New York Jets with Christian McCaffery on the sidelines. Jordan Mason filled in for McCaffery in the backfield and had a career night in his first NFL start. 

For as many stars as this Niners team has on offense, they have always been carried by their defense and that's how they started their Week 1 game from Levi's Stadium. After both teams went three and out to start the game, Fred Warner stripped Breece Hill and recovered the fumble that set up the first of six Jake Moody field goals. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!!

The Niners take care of buisness with McCaffery on the sidelines thanks to a huge game from back up RB Jordan Mason. 

Taylor tucks it and runs but is take down a few yards short of the goal line. 

2nd and Goal from the SF 3. 

Taylor finds Lazard on the right side for a short gain of 4. 

1st and Goal from the SF 10. 

Taylor finds Wilson on the sideline but he had stepped out of bounds and a flag flies for illegal touching. 

3rd and 2 from the SF 14. 

Taylor finds Wilson on the right side for an 8 yard pitch and catch. 

2nd and 2 from the SF 14. 

Allen up the middle for a gain of 8 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 22. 

Taylor to Allen on the screen and he picks up 9 yards as we head to the Two Minute Warning!

3rd and 1 from the SF 30 coming out of the break. 

Taylor's pass to Lazard was under thrown and Ward should have had the pick. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 39. 

Taylor hits Lazard for another 6 yard gain and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 39. 

Taylor in at QB and he finds Conklin for 6 yards on the roll out to the right side. 

2nd and 4 from the SF 45. 

Hall up the middle and he takes it 16 yards for a first down. 

1st and 10 from the NY 49. 

NY gets the back at the 30 and it's Hall with the run to the right side for a gain of three. Rodgers is on the bench and will stay there for the rest of the game. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 33. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Moody is 6/6 to start his season after hitting the 42 yard field goal! The Niners have scored on 8 straight scoring drives. 

SF lead 32-13 with 4:20 to go. 

Purdy rolls left and didn't have anything open down field so he dives to the ground to keep the clock running and stay in FG range. 

4th and 8 from the NY 24. 

Timeout San Fran with 5:06 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Mason gets the toss again, and he picks up another 5 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the NY 18. 

Mason gets the ball back and he gets 3 yards on the first down run. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 23. 

Mason gets the handoff to the right side and he turns the corner for a big chunk of 24 yards! He's over 100 yards on the night. 

1st and 10 from the NY 26. 

TURNOVER ON DOWNS!!!

Rodgers goes to the air on 4th down and that pass on the slant for Wilson is low and broken up by Yiadom!

Niners ball at the 50 with 7:22 to go. 

Hall is swallowed up for no gain on his run up the middle. 

4th and 1 from the 50. 

Rodgers to the left side for Wilson on the short pass on the left sideline for which was called a catch, but replay shows the WR bobble it before getting two feet down. 

3rd and 1 from the 50. 

Hall with the catch in the flat and skips around a tackle and picks up 9 yards. 

2nd and 1 from the 50. 

Lazard on the out route and he makes the catch and turns it up field for a gain of 14 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NY 41. 

The Jets get the ball back from their 24 yard line needing a TD on this drive. 

Hall gets the handoff and he picks up 3 yards on first down. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 27. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

The Niners kept their offense on the field for a second but then take them off the field and send the FG unit out. Moody hits the 23 yarder, his fifth, but that keeps the Jets within two scores. 

SF lead 29-13 with under 10:00 to go. 

Jennings makes the catch just short of the marker and he fights for the first down yardage but is stopped a half yard short. 

4th and less than a yard from the NY 5. 

Mason gets the handoff and e gets tripped up for no gain at the line of scrimmage. 

3rd and 9 from the NY 13. 

Samuel on the end around out of the shot gun, and he picks up a yard on first down. 

2nd and 9 from the NY 13. 

Purdy on the deep out to Aiyuk for a 14 yard pick up on the left sideline!

1st and 10 from the NY 14. 

Mason gets a couple yards on the run to the right side. 

3rd and 6 from the NY 28. 

Purdy with the play action and he goes short to Kittle for a gain of 2 yards. 

2nd and 8 from the NY 30. 

Purdy finds Samuel on the out route and he turns out of a tackle and cuts up field for a catch and run of 26 yards!

1st and 10 from the NY 32. 

Mason gets the pitch to the left side and he picks up 2 yards on first down. 

2nd and 8 from the SF 43. 

WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO!!!

Purdy on the roll out and he goes across his body to Juszczyk for a short gain of 2 yards, but a defensive holding will give the Niners a free first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 41. 

Purdy finds Jennings over the middle and he makes the catch and turns up field for a catch and run of 15 yards. 

1st and 10 from the SF 36. 

SF get the ball from the 20 and Mason takes it for a yard on a run to the right side. 

2nd and 9 from the SF 21. 

No one is better at punishing a team for jumping offsides that Aaron Rodgers who found his old pal from Green Bay in the endzone to give the Jets some hope heading into the fourth quarter. 

Rodgers to Hall out of the backfield but he dropped that short pass to the left side. 

3rd and 8 from the SF 36. 

Hall gets two yards on the first down run to the left side. 

2nd and 8 from the SF 36. 

Rodgers with a vintage throw right over the helmet of the defender and into the hands of Lazard down the sideline for 26 yards!

1st and 10 from the SF 38. 

The Jets get the ball from the 30 and Wilson gets the pass to the flat and takes it 6 yards on first down. 

2nd and 4 from the NY 36. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Moody bangs the 53 yard field goal off the upright for his fourth of the night and the Niners stretch their lead out even more. 

Niners lead 26-7 with 3:28 left in the third quarter. 

Purdy going deep down the left sideline for Saubert but that pass was almost picked off with one hand by Adams!

4th and 2 from the NY 35. 

Mason keeps his legs moving after getting hit at the line of scrimmage for a gain of 2. 

3rd and 2 from the NY 35. 

Mason up the middle and he goes for five yards on the first down run. 

1st and 10 from the NY 38. 

Purdy looking over the middle for Kittle and that pass was too low for the TE, but an illegal use of hands to the face on the Jets will give the Niners a first down!

1st and 10 from the NY 43. 

Purdy's pass to Juszczyk was too high on the short pass to the right sideline. 

3rd and 8 from the NY 48. 

Mason gets it back and takes it for two yards on the left side. 

2nd and 8 from the NY 48. 

Mason picks up the first down with a run up the middle and he drags a couple of defenders for an 11 yard gain. 

1st and 10 from the 50. 

SF take over from their 39 yard line and Purdy looks for Kittle off the play fake but the pressure forced Purdy's pass a little wide of his TE. 

2nd and 10 form the SF 39. 

We talked about the Niners maybe running away with this game after the Mason TD, and now they really have a chance to after Flanningan-Flowes comes up with the pick off the break up from Lenoir. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

Rodgers on the play action ad his pass is bated away by Lenoir and it's Flannigan-Fowles who makes the interception off the deflection! There was an unnecessary roughness penalty called against SF, but they will get the ball despite the loss of yardage!

1st and 10 from the SF 39. 

Hall up the middle and he picks up five yards on the first down run. 

2nd and 5 from the NY 40. 

Gipson takes the ball out of the endzone and takes it to the 23. 

Rodgers looks for Hall out of the backfield and he is pushed out of bounds on the left sideline after a gain of 12. 

1st and 10 from the NY 35. 

Mason has been the best player on the field for the Niners in relief for McCaffery and he gets a well deserved TD on the first drive of the 3rd quarter. 

The Jets defense has been on the field for a long time tonight, and not for the first time in this game they lost sight of Juszczyk who picked up 34 yards to set up the TD. 

Mason is swallowed up behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of a yard. 

2nd and Goal from the NY 4. 

After a false start on SF, Purdy goes deep on a shot down the left sideline for Juszczyk for a 34 yard pitch and catch inside the 5. 

1st and Goal from the NY 3. 

Mason gets the handoff out of the backfield and he picks up 8 yards up the middle. 

1st and 10 from the NY 32. 

Purdy over the middle to Juszczyk out of the backfield for a gain of 6 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the NY 40. 

Mason with the run to the right side and that first down run goes for 2 yards .

2nd and 8 from the NY 46. 

Purdy to Jennings on the short out route and he gets the first down a and a little more on the 5 yard connection. 

1st and 10 from the NY 48. 

Mason to the right side but the Jets were waiting for him and dropped him after a yard. 

3rd and 3 from the SF 48. 

Kittle on the stop route to the right side and that's good for 6 yards on first down. 

2nd and 4 from the SF 47. 

Purdy felt the pressure and released it to Samuel over the middle, and he turns cuts to the edge and races to the marker for a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 41. 

SF start the second half from the 30 and Mason gets the handoff but he is stopped at the line for scrimmage for no gain. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 30. 

WE ARE BACK IN THE BAY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION. 

With no Christian McCaffery on the sidelines for this game, the Niners looked to Deebo Samuel and Jordan Mason to do the heavy lifting in the backfield. Mason has been great, going for 74 yards on 11 carries in his first NFL start. 

After a three and out and fumble to start the game, the Jets built a drive thanks to Aaron Rodgers and Breece Hall. Rodgers was 6/7 on the drive, most of those completions to Garrett Wilson and Hall punched it in from three yards out. 

The Jets scored a TD in the first half, but their other drives resulted in three three and outs and a fumble. Aaron Rodgers is 7/11 for 64 yards, and has looked pretty mobil when he's had to move out of the pocket. 

Neither team came out of the gate too hot on the offensive end to start the game. The Niners defense set the tone early on after the Niners  Fred Warner came up with the punch on Breece Hall and the Niners got a field goal as a result of the fumble. 

WE ARE HEADED TO HALFTIME FROM SAN FRANCISCO!!! 

The Niners lead by two scores thanks to three Moody field goals and a Deebo TD. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Moody having a big first half. He comes on for the third time and drills a FG from 31 yards to close out the half. 

SF lead 16-7 with 4 seconds on the clock. 

Purdy steps up in the pocket and looks for Aiyuk in the end zone but he was double covered and Purdy tosses it out of bounds. 

4th and 10 and the Niners will bring the FG unit on. 

Purdy looking to the corner of the end zone and Aiyuk sprawled out for the catch but couldn't reel it in!

3rd and 10 from the 13 with 13 seconds on the clock. 

Purdy looking to Samuel in the flat and he is stopped at the line of scrimmage. 

2nd and 10 from the NY 13. 

Jennings pinches in on the route deep down the field and he makes the catch for 14 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 14 and the Niners take a timeout with 24 seconds to go. 

Samuel over the middle and Purdy hit him in stride for a pick up of 15 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NY 27. 

Samuel up the middle on the carry and he picks up 4 yards. 

3rd and 4 from the NY 42. 

WE ARE AT THE TWO MINUTE WARNING FROM SAN FRAN!

Play action from Purdy and he released it quick with pressure in his face finding Samuel for 3 yards. 

2nd and 7 fro the NY 46. 

Purdy looking to Mason out of the backfield and he makes the catch that moves the chains on a six yard pick up. 

1st and 10 from the NY 49. 

Mason up the middle and he bounces off defenders for a gain of 7 yards on 2nd down. 

3rd and 3 from the SF 45. 

Samuel to the left side and he gets taken down at the line of scrimmage. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 38. 

SF get the ball from the 12 yard line and Purdy goes deep to Kittle on the left side for a big gain of 26 to start the drive. 

1st and 10 from the SF 38. 

Rodgers was under pressure and threw it into the dirt after Bosa and company came crashing in and the Jets fail to get a first down for the third time in four drives. 

4th and 5 from the NY 35 and the Jets will punt with 5:18 to go in the half. 

Hall gets it back on the sweep and picks up two yards on the run to the right side. 

3rd and 5 from the NY 35. 

NY get the ball back from the 30 and Hall is brought down after a three yard run to the left side. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 33. 

Deebo has been heavily involved in the absence of McCaffery and he made amends for his holding call that took Mason's TD off the board with a TD run of his own. 

Mason gets the handoff to the left side and he picks up a first down inside the 5 yard line!

1st and Goal from the 2 yard line. 

Samuel with the catch in the flat and he gets three yards on the catch and run. 

2nd and 6 from the NY 13. 

Mason with a big hole on the right side and he sprints into the endzone, but a hold on Samuel downfield is going to bring that 17 yard TD run back!. 

1st and 9 from the NY 16. 

Purdy finds Jennings at the marker on a pass over the middle and he spins around a defender to move the chains with a 22 yard pick up. 

1st and 10 from the NY 17. 

Slant pattern from Samuel, but Reed was there to bat that ball away. 

2nd and 20 from the NY 40. 

Mason gets the pitch and finds a hole for an 18 yard pick up that will be taken off the board because of a holding call back at the line of scrimmage. 

1st and 20 from the NY 40. 

Mason breaks a tackle at the line of scrimmage and gets into the secondary for a nine yard pick up. 

1st and 10 from the NY 30. 

Mason on the carry to the left side and he hits the hole before getting taken down for a 6 yard gain. 

2nd and 4 from the NY 39. 

Mason moves the chains with a strong run up the left side on a 5 yard carry. 

1st and 10 from the NY 45. 

Samuel on the end around and he gets 6 yards before getting pushed out of bounds. 

2nd and 4 from the 50. 

The Niners take over from their 34 yard line, and Purdy rolls to the right side before tucking and diving for the marker on an 11 yard scramble. 

1st and 10 from the SF 44. 

Bosa off the edge, and he makes Rodgers step up in the pocket where Floyd was waiting for him on the sack for a lost of five. 

4th and 10 from the 30 and the Jets will punt. 

Hall on the dive down the middle and he dives forwards for a six yard gain. 

3rd and 4 from the NY 36. 

The Jets gets the ball back from the 30 yard line and Rodgers looks to Wilson on a deep ball down the left side and Wilson pulled up in his route. 

2nd and 10 from the NY 30. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Moody on to the field for the second time today and drills another field goal, this one from 51 yards. 

Jets still lead 7-6 as their defense continues to hold strong. 

The Niners try a reverse to Samuel who was going to throw it but with pressure in his face, he tucks it and almost gets back to the line of scrimmage. 

4th and 9 from the NY 33. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER!!!

The Jets lead after a nice drive constructed by Rodgers. The Niners are driving down the field looking to get into the endzone for the first time this season. 

Mason gets the pitch to the left side and he jukes his way for a 5 yard gain. 

3rd and 5 from the NY 29. 

Purdy with the roll out and he tucks it before tumbling to the ground for no gain. There was an illegal formation call on SF, but NY declined it. 

2nd and 10 from the NY 34. 

Purdy lofts one down the right side for Aiyuk on the right side and he makes the catch for a first down and a 15 yard pick up. 

1st and 10 from the NY 33. 

Slant from Aiyuk and Gardner was there to bat that out of the hands of the WR. 

3rd and 5 from the NY 48. 

Samuel out of the backfield and he bounces off a tackle and lowers his head for a 5 yard gain. 

2nd and 5 from the NY 48. 

Mason finds a hole up the middle and busts one for the first time today. He goes for 13 yards and a first down, the first of the night for SF. 

1st and 10 from the SF 47. 

SF take over from the 30 and Mason gets four yards on the left side. 

2nd and 6 from the NY 34. 

After a three and out and fumble to start the game, the Jets build a drive thanks to Aaron Rodgers and Breece Hall. Rodgers was 6/7 on the drive, most of those completions to Garrett Wilson and Hall punched it in from three yards out. 

Wilson in the flat and he makes one move around a defender before being taken down at the 3. 

2nd and 2 from the SF 3. 

Wilson on the underneath route and Rodgers finds him over the middle for a first down and a 7 yard pick up. 

1st and 10 from the SF 11. 

Rodgers looking for Lazard on the left side but that was to far out in front of his WR. 

3rd and 6 from the SF 18. 

Hall gets the carry to the left side for a gain of 4 yards. 

2nd and 6 from the SF 18. 

Hall in the flat and he gets a couple blocks down field as he picks up another first down on a 13 yard catch and run. 

1st and 10 from the SF 22. 

Rodgers fires a bullet over the middle and finds Wilson in stride for a pick up of 14 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 35. 

Hall up the middle and he is met at the line of scrimmage by Collins. 

3rd and 7 from the SF 49. 

Rodgers over the middle for Hall and he is dragged down after a gain of 3. 

2nd and 7 from the SF 49. 

Tough catch reeled in for Wilson on the back shoulder throw. The coverage was great, but the catch was better. Pick up of 16 on Rodgers' first completion of the season. 

1st and 10 from the NY 48. 

Pitch to Hall on the left side and he is dropped by Bosa and Wagner after a pick up of 2. 

3rd and 8 from the NY 32. 

NY start their third drive from the 30 and Hall is wrapped up for no gain on the first down run. 

2nd and 10 from the NY 30. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Moody comes on to the field and drills the 46 yard field goal for the first points of the game. The Niners turn the fumble into points, but get held without a first down again. 

SF lead 3-0 four minutes into this game. 

Purdy looking back to Samuel but this time they weren't on the same page as the WR pulled up 20 yards in front of where that ball landed. 

4th and 7 from the NY 29. 

Purdy on the pass over the middle for Samuel and Williams was there to bat that ball down. 

3rd and 7 from the NY 29. 

Samuel gets the handoff out of the backfield takes it to the right side for a gain of 3. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 29. 

FUMBLE!!!

NY take over from the 30 and Rodgers pitched it to Hall who make the catch and turned up field but lost the ball and it's recovered by the 49ers!

Niners ball from the NY 32!

Purdy lobs it up for Samuel off his back foot and that deep pass to the left side was maybe a yard over thrown. 

4th and 1 as both teams go three and out to start the game. 

Out route from Kittle and Purdy put it on him for a gain of 7 yards. 

3rd and 1 from the SF 17. 

Here comes Purdy and the Niners starting in from the 8 yard line. 

Mason takes it up the middle on his first carry of the night and he picks up 2 yards. 

2nd and 8 from the SF 10. 

Rodgers first pass falls out of the hands of Lazard who slipped on the stop route and complicated the catch. 

4th and 4 from the NY 36. 

Toss to the right side this time for Hall, and he gets another three yards to bring up 3rd and medium. 

3rd and 4 from the NY 36. 

NY take over from the 30 and on the first play of the night, Rogers tosses it to Hall on the left side and he is pushed out of bounds after a gain of three. 

2nd and 7 from the NY 33. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO!!!

The Niners kickoff to start the game, and it'll be Aaron Rodgers and the Jets taking the field first from the Bay. 

Tonight's odds 

The Niners come into tonight a 3.5 point favorite with the Over/Under set at 43.5. 

With no Christian McCaffery things are going to get a little more difficult against the stingy NY defense. With Aaron Rodgers itching to get back on the field, I think the Jets take it to the Niners and beat them straight up in the Bay. 

Jets win 23-20. 

Aiyuk and Niners settle differences

It was one of the dramas of the offseason, and it didn’t really stay between closed doors. Brandon Aiyuk was the leading receiver for the Niners last year, and favorite target for Brock Purdy, and the WR used that leverage to his advantage. He wanted a new deal, and let everyone know about it on social media. Things looked to have reached a breaking point with news coming out of San Fran that Aiyuk was looking for a trade, but eventually the Niners and their star receiver came to an agreement and signed a contract extension that is going to keep this team together for the near future. Trent Williams also held out, and waited for a new contract knowing that the Niners can’t put Brock Purdy in jeopardy so the big man got a big pay day as the San Fran front office had to shell out some major cash in the days leading up to Week 1. How fresh and game ready they will be after holding out is to be determined tonight against the Jets. 

Star watch: Niners

Who do we put in the Niners star watch section? They have one of the deepest, most talented group of offensive players in the league with weapons at every position. Deebo Samuel steps into the spotlight now that Christian McCaffery is out injured tonight. Samuel can line up in the backfield although he does that less than he used to. He is still a spark plug on the WR spot, and if he gets a little space in the secondary he will take it to the house. He had over a 1,000 yards total yards last year and scored 12 TDs last year. Let’s look for the Niners to open up the playbook and get Samuel involved from the start. 

Star watch: Jets

We have been waiting too long to put Aaron Rodgers in our star watch portion of the preview. One of the top QBs of this generation makes his "debut" after heading to the Big City after a Hall of Fame career in Green Bay. He’s a Super Bowl winner, a four time MVP of the NFL but at 40 years old he still wants that second ring, and the Jets are desperate to bring the Lombardi Trophy back to the New York for the first time since Super Bowl III. While the hype is real, and the excitement is palpable in NYC, the reality is Rodgers is a 40 year old QB coming off of achilles injury, and if we are being fair the last full season we saw from him was one of the worst seasons of his career. That was back in Green Bay where he and his young receivers were never really on the same page, but he is in year two with a talented WR corp, and he is expected to look like the QB of old this season. 

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Is Christian McCaffrey going to play against the Jets on Monday Night Football? Injury status

McCaffrey Out

The Niners starting running back and one of the best dual threat players in the game is a late scratch as he continues to nurse a calf and achilles injury that kept him out for most of preseason. Christian McCaffery is the work horse on this team full off super stars. He can do a little bit of everything. He can run it between the tackles, he can take it outside and get the edge on corner backs, he can pass protect and he can catch the ball. Last year he had over 2,000 total yard of offense and scored 21 touchdowns. Every time he touches the ball, he has a chance to go the distance. 

Last year: Jets

It was disaster from day one for the Jets last year who went into the season with high hopes of a Super Bowl run after luring one of the best quarterbacks of this generation to the Big Apple. After snapping his Achilles on the first drive of the season, the Jets spiraled down the AFC East standings. The defense did enough in the first half of the year to keep the dream of a miracle return late in the season, but as Robert Saleh’s team continued to lose there was less and less reason for Rodgers to make a return as their playoff chances dwindled. This will be Rodgers real debut season, and with a four time MVP QB under center, the Jets will be real contenders in the AFC East. 

Last year: Niners

The Niners were out and out favorite to return to the Super Bowl last year after falling just short in the NFC Championship to the Eagles in a game where Brock Purdy was sidelined in the first half. Purdy remained healthy all season as the Niners won their first five games all by huge margins. They would lose three in a row to induce a mid season crisis but they righted the ship and finished the season 12-5 with the one seed in the NFC. Once in the post season, they beat the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions by a total of six points to set up a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.

The Niners jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first half but a muffed punt at the end of the third quarter changed the game, and Mahomes hit Valdes-Scantling on the play after to give the Chiefs a 13-10 lead. Each team would go back and forth for the rest of the game, scoring on each drive, ending with a Chiefs field goal to tie the game with three seconds on the game clock. San Francisco took the lead in overtime, settled for a field goal and that’s all that Mahomes and the Chiefs needed to bury the Niners with a game winning TD pass to Mecole Hardman. 

We are live from the Bay

Hello everyone and welcome to Santa Clara where the San Francisco 49ers are hoping that their Super Bowl window is still open after coming so close for yet another season before falling to the Kansas City Chiefs. Brock Purdy and his stacked offense are one of the favorites to make it back to Super Bowl Sunday, but the NFC has a handful of teams that will be looking to keep them from getting back to the big game. The Jets on the other hand are coming off a scratch year in which Aaron Rodgers missed all but four snaps after tearing his achilles in the season opener. The 40 year old QB is healthy, and ready to make a run on a team that has plenty of fire power on offense, but relies heavily on the strength of it’s defense. 

Jets vs. Niners

The first week of the NFL’s regular season comes to a close in the Bay Area as the defending NFC Champions and Super Bowl runners up host a team that has been waiting for this day for a long, long time. The San Francisco 49ers host the New York Jets on Monday Night Football as AS English will be with you all day providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from Levi Stadium.