49ers’ Floyd ready to open another season vs. Rodgers, Jets
Sep 4, 2024 at 7:20 AM
SANTA CLARA — On Leonard Floyd's fourth snap with his new team last season, the now-49ers defensive end registered his first of 10.5 sacks with the Buffalo Bills. That play was best-remembered for what happened to the the player everybody tuned in to watch with his new team. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, making his debut with the New York Jets after 18 NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers, sustained a torn Achilles on the play. "My view was I didn't have a view," Floyd said. "I was celebrating my sack, and I didn't really know about it until the other quarterback kept playing." Coincidentally, Floyd again will open the season against Rodgers and the Jets on "Monday Night Football" — this time as a member of the 49ers. He would like for nothing about that night to be repeated on Monday night at Levi's Stadium. "What I remember is ... I think we lost that game," Floyd said. "We freakin' lost. That's what I remember. So this year I want to win and kick their [butts]." Despite Rodgers' early exit, the Jets managed to pull out a 22-16 victory with the winning points coming in the fourth quarter on rookie Xavier Gipson's 65-yard punt return for a touchdown. This is Floyd's ninth...
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