Rodgers dropped back to pass three times. His first and only official attempt was incomplete, his second dropback resulted in a first down due to defensive holding and the third produced the sack and aforementioned injury.

He found pressure in his face from the Bills’ pass rush on all three of those plays.

The Jets entered the season with their highest hopes in decades thanks to the acquisition of Rodgers.

New York last reached the playoffs in 2010, and since then has cobbled together just one season above .500 while finishing last in the AFC East seven times.

One of those last-place finishes, the team’s third in a row, occurred in 2022 amid a season sunk by a carousel of poor quarterback play from four different starters.

Rodgers was heralded as the savior.

Worries did arise during training camp and the preseason over the state of the offensive line’s ability to protect the 39-year-old, though.

Those concerns have already reared their ugly head, putting the Jets’ best-laid plans for the season in potential jeopardy depending on the severity of Rodgers’ ankle injury.