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Jets' first game with Aaron Rodgers gets plunged into darkness, internet reacts

Published Aug. 4, 2023 9:12 p.m. ET

Aaron Rodgers has yet to take the field with the New York Jets, but the team's first NFL preseason game with Rodgers on its roster still provided a perfectly ironic opportunity for some meme material.

Rodgers, along with most of the team's starters, wasn't in uniform Thursday for the Jets' eventual 21-16 loss to the Cleveland Browns in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.

Instead, he was observing from the sidelines in Jets gear — until the lights went out.

That's right. Rodgers, who went viral earlier this offseason for his infamous "darkness retreat" while still with the Green Bay Packers before he demanded a trade, was once again shrouded in darkness. The jokes quickly took off from there.

Here's how social media reacted.

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