Jets’ odds to win the Tremendous Bowl plummet after Aaron Rodgers’ damage

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“For the reason that Rodgers damage, bettors usually are not curious about backing Zach Wilson,” mentioned Seamus Magee, BetMGM buying and selling workforce lead.

Aaron Rodgers limps after getting sacked.
Aaron Rodgers (8) limps after getting sacked throughout the first sport of the 2023 NFL season. Rusty Jones/AP Picture

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Jets’ odds to win the Tremendous Bowl plummeted after quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon in Monday night time’s 22-16 extra time victory over the Buffalo Payments.

New York’s odds to win all of it went from 16-1 to 50-1 at Caesars Sportsbook and 18-1 to 66-1 at BetMGM. The road actions at BetMGM have been comparable for the Jets to win the AFC championship (9-1 to 30-1) and AFC East (2.5-1 to five.5-1).

“For the reason that Rodgers damage, bettors usually are not curious about backing Zach Wilson,” mentioned Seamus Magee, BetMGM buying and selling workforce lead.

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At Caesars, the Jets went from a 3 1/2-point underdog Sunday at Dallas to as excessive at 9 1/2 earlier than being guess down to eight 1/2. Their win whole dropped from 9 1/2 to eight 1/2 and went from minus-140 to make the playoffs to minus-250 to overlook the postseason.

“I’m not prepared to promote and say the Jets don’t have any probability, nonetheless,” Caesars assistant buying and selling director Adam Pullen mentioned. “We at present have them at 50-1 to win the Tremendous Bowl and that appears proper. … Persons are understandably much less bullish on them, however they’ve that protection, so we’ll see.”

The Jets drove a lot of the preseason NFL betting because of their commerce for Rodgers from the Inexperienced Bay Packers. More cash was guess on New York than every other AFC workforce at BetMGM, and the Jets have been Caesars’ greatest monetary legal responsibility.

Season-ending accidents to quarterbacks have devastated many groups, together with the Jets. Vinny Testaverde went down, additionally with an Achilles tendon damage, to open the 1999 season and ended New York’s excessive hopes.

Washington missed the 1985 playoffs after Joe Theismann broke his proper leg in a Monday night time sport. The identical destiny awaited the Philadelphia Eagles in 1991 when Randall Cunningham tore an ACL and the Miami Dolphins two years later when Dan Marino tore an Achilles tendon.

However there’s a sturdy historical past of groups overcoming dropping their beginning QB.

The 1972 Dolphins, 1990 New York Giants, 1999 St. Louis Rams and 2001 New England Patriots went on to win the Tremendous Bowl. Within the Dolphins’ case, Bob Griese returned throughout the playoffs after Earl Morrall led them to an ideal common season.