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THE NEW NFL season is only a couple of days old and Aaron Rodgers has already thrown one of those touchdown passes that you can rewatch over and over again and never fully understand how he managed to do it.

In this particular instance, Rodgers found Davante Adams for a 29-yard TD after dancing his way around the pocket and, somehow, releasing a throw while being pulled to the ground by a Jacksonville defender.

Here’s the play:
https://streamable.com/0jnw

Almost immediately after the ball was snapped, the pocket began to close around Rodgers.

Plenty of quarterbacks here would have taken a sack. Some, maybe, would have managed to throw the ball away. Rodgers, however, threw a pinpoint touchdown.

Adams’ catch wasn’t half bad, either.

We’re only one week into the football season and Aaron Rodgers is already looking like, well, Aaron Rodgers.

Despite late pressure from the Jags, the Packers held on for a 27-23 win to get their season off to a winning start.

– Emmett Knowlton

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