Cowboys And Aaron Rodgers Again on Collision Course; Jets Get Fleeced in Trade?
The Dallas Cowboys' bogeyman Aaron Rodgers was thought to be out of their hair after news finally dropped of the trade sending him to the New York Jets.
With Rodgers being a thorn in the side of Dallas since entering the league, the quarterback has an 8-3 record against the Cowboys, including winning six of the last seven games against “America's Team.”
So, with Rodgers now in the AFC as a Jet, the nightmare is over, right? Wrong, as the Cowboys play host to Rodgers' Jets this upcoming season. Just when the two teams meet is up for debate, but we imagine it will be in a primetime slot.
For whatever reason, Rodgers saves his best football for Dallas. Last season, as the Cowboys were flying and the Green Bay Packers were reeling, Rodgers somehow found a way to pull off a win at Lambeau Field, despite having just 14 completions. It was also Christian Watson's coming out party as he caught three touchdowns.
We have to go back to Dak Prescott's rookie year (2016) for the last time the Cowboys beat Rodgers.
Now in a Jets uniform, this version of Rodgers promises to be a different one encountered last season. New York had the fourth-best defense in terms of points allowed in the NFL (just 18.6 per game), as it was the offense that struggled.
While New York finally got its quarterback in a blockbuster trade, did the Jets give up too much to get a veteran who seems to drift in and out of wanting to play football?
Let's have a look at the concept of New York having been “fleeced” …
The Jets received Rodgers, pick No. 15 and a 2023 fifth-round pick (No. 170). That is fine, but what they gave up is rather steep, as they knew Green Bay had to move Rodgers.
New York gave up pick No. 13, a 2023 second-round pick (No. 42), a sixth-round pick (No. 207), and a conditional 2024 second-rounder that becomes a first if Rodgers plays 65 percent of the plays.
It is that last piece of the deal that jumps out.
Surely Rodgers will be playing more than 65 percent of plays for the Jets next year, right? If that happens, New York will have given up an essential net of a first-rounder and a second-rounder to land the 39-year-old Rodgers.
That seems steep, considering the Jets knew the Packers had to move on from Rodgers.
Did the Jets give up too much to land an aging quarterback who, for some, is more trouble than he is worth? The answer to that question will only be known in due time.
New York is trying to explain that all that matters is that they got their man. Meanwhile, unfortunately for the Cowboys, they didn’t fully get rid of their foe.
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