NY Jets projected to win Super Bowl in ultimate Aaron Rodgers revenge game

Everyone loves a good revenge narrative, and if a recent set of NFL projections released by USA Today's Nate Davis come to fruition, Aaron Rodgers and the NY Jets will have the opportunity to complete one of the greatest revenge stories in sports history.

USA Today's projections for the 2024 season have the Jets finishing as the No. 2 seed in the AFC with a 12-5 record. Not only do the Jets end their 13-year playoff drought in this scenario, but they take it a few steps further.

In this projection, the Jets make it all the way to the Super Bowl where they take on Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers. Yes, that's right. Rodgers leads the Jets to Super Bowl LIX where he defeats his former team in dramatic, storybook fashion.

You couldn't write a better story. Rodgers leads the Jets to their first Super Bowl in over 50 years and defeats the very team that traded him away less than two years ago. It sounds like a movie.

An Aaron Rodgers revenge game in the Super Bowl is the NY Jets' dream narrative

Rodgers' relationship with the Packers deteriorated over his final few seasons in Green Bay to the point where a mutual split was in the best interest of both parties. Part of that was due to the organization's desire to see Love take the field as their new quarterback.

Imagine a world in which Rodgers and Love, his former protege, square off on the biggest stage of all in what would be one of the sport's most memorable narratives. There's every chance Rodgers would opt to call it a career if he won a Super Bowl in this fashion as well.

It wouldn't just be a revenge game for Rodgers, either. It would also be a revenge game for offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, whose stock has plummeted since leaving the Packers prior to the 2022 season.

As the projection states, on paper, the Jets have one of the best rosters in the NFL and arguably the best supporting cast — offense and defense included — Rodgers has ever been given in his career.

The Jets boast arguably the league's best defense, a revamped skill position group, and a bolstered offensive line. They don't need Rodgers to play at an MVP level to reach the Super Bowl this season if all goes according to plan.

Of course, much of the Jets' success this season hinges on the health of the roster and the performance of a soon-to-be 41-year-old Rodgers. The floor for this team is lower than most fans would like to admit.

But the ceiling remains the Super Bowl. And if that Super Bowl just so happens to come against Rodgers' former employer, I don't think the NFL will complain.