What will Aaron Rodgers look like when he steps on the field Monday Night? How much did the Achilles injury take out of him? Aaron Rodgers is without question the focal point for much of America when the Jets and 49ers take the field at Levi’s Stadium.

The season has not even started for the San Francisco 49ers, but John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan have already had a few fires to put out. All-Pro Trent Williams held out for Training Camp looking for a new deal. He has been paid. Brandon Aiyuk held out, requested a trade, and barked a lot…and he also got paid.

Now they must wrestle with something potentially far more difficult…the potential loss of Christian McCaffrey. The NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year is listed as Questionable with a strained calf / Achilles. There may be no more important person on the 49ers than the all-purpose do everything McCaffrey.

The Jets are relying heavily on the return of Rodgers, but he is surrounded by a few weapons including Breece Hall and Garret Wilson. New York also brings at least a Top 5 Defense into this game.

Many look at New York as needing a lot of things to fall into place. Frankly, those experts are not wrong. The Jets are a team of “ifs” but should the ifs all play out as planned, count on the Jets being a factor in the AFC.