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Floyd reveals Jets fans threatened him after Rodgers’ Achilles injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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The “Monday Night Football” showdown between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season might be one both teams would like to forget.
For the Jets, they lost star quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a season-ending injury four plays into the game, while the Bills lost a heartbreaker to Jets backup quarterback Zach Wilson.
One player who remembers the emotional matchup well is new 49ers defensive end Leonard Floyd, who will face off against Rodgers and the Jets in Week 1 on “Monday Night Football” again at Levi’s Stadium this season.
In speaking to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on the latest episode of “The Adam Schefter Podcast,” Floyd recalled his sack of Rodgers that caused the veteran signal-caller to tear his Achilles.
“What I remember is just getting the sack, man,” Floyd told Schefter. “That’s what I remember. And after the sack, I pretty much didn’t know he was hurt or whatever. I just remember playing football, just a regular play. Getting a sack on a quarterback, grabbing him, bringing him down. And it was just a normal play and he ended up getting hurt.
“I kind of got a lot of backlash from it, the fans were going crazy at me over him being injured. And I’m like, I’m just playing football. Like I ain’t really trying to hurt him or whatever. It was a play they had cut-blocked me and he was still holding the ball and the more he held the ball I was like ‘yeah, keep holding it. I’m going to sack you.’ He ended up getting hurt and I felt bad he got hurt because I always wanted to play against him. I want the best in Aaron Rodgers, I want the best version of him. It was a good play for me, bad play for him.”
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Publish date : 2024-09-04 16:42:38
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