For Aaron Rodgers to suffer a potentially career-ending injury just minutes into his New York Jets career was shocking to almost everyone involved in the NFL, but it didn't come as such a surprise to one fan.
David Zaslav, an NFL fan who is active on Twitter, took to the social media platform over two hours before the Jets vs Buffalo Bills game was due to kick off and predicted that the veteran quarterback would tear his Achilles tendon.
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"Aaron Rodgers is going to tear his Achilles on a rain drenched MetLife turf in 2.5 hours," he wrote, a prediction that appears to have come true, even if further medical tests are required to 100 percent confirm what the injury is.
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When Aaron Rodgers did suffer a serious injury at MetLife Stadium, David Zaslav's tweet and prediction went viral.
Fans wanted to know why and how he made such a specific - and, ultimately, accurate - prediction.
After his original tweet, David Zaslav had also given his reasons for predicting an Aaron Rodgers injury.
"40-year-old QB on rain drenched turf against the best team in football, what could go wrong, am I right?" he stated.
The MetLife Stadium turf
Interestingly, NFL fans had already seen the state of the MetLife Stadium turf the previous night, when the New York Giants hosted the Dallas Cowboys.
It isn't common for both New York teams to play at home on the same weekend because they share a stadium, but the scheduling of their games 24 hours apart made it possible in Week One.
Some fans had already expressed concerns when watching the Cowboys race to a 40-0 win over the Giants.
The issue is that turf brings more danger than natural grass, something some players stressed after Monday's game.
"We wanted the NFL to protect the players with grass fields, but the NFL is more worried about making money," Jets WR Randall Cobb said, speaking to The Athletic.
"Profit over people, it's always been the case.
"I've never been a fan of turf. That's my stance."
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