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Jets to play San Francisco 49ers Week 1 on Monday Night Football
The NFL is releasing its full 2024 schedule on Wednesday night, but prior to the full release the league is providing details on some marquee games.
We now know the Week 1 opponent for the Jets. The team will travel to the West Coast to play the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football.
WEEK ONE. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
WE’RE BACK!
— New York Jets (@nyjets) May 14, 2024
The 49ers are the defending NFC Champion. This marks the second straight year the Jets kick off their season with a marquee Week 1 matchup on Monday Night Football. The team famously won an overtime thriller against the division rival Bills to start the 2023 campaign. Of course that win came at a big price as Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles injury on the first offensive series.
Robert Saleh served as 49ers defensive coordinator before his hiring as Jets head coach in 2021.
The Jets and 49ers last played in Week 1 in 1998. The game was a classic. San Francisco won on a 96 yard touchdown run by Garrison Hearst in overtime. However, the Jets went on to win 12 games that season and appeared in the AFC Championship Game.