It is the gift that keeps on giving. While the Green Bay Packers have long moved on from former franchise quarterback Aaron Rodgers, it's still difficult not to poke the bear.
Beat a dead horse.
Kick a man while he's down.
You get the idea.
Since leaving Green Bay, Rodgers hasn't exactly been the savior those New York Jets thought they were getting. In fact, he's been quite the contrary.
Now, he doesn't have all the power within that organization (or so he says), but since he was traded, the Jets have fired their head coach and general manager, replaced their offensive coordinator, and made several roster moves that speak only to Rodgers' preferences.
And still, the Jets stink -- and so does Rodgers, to be frank.
In their latest column, ESPN insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano had much to say about the Rodgers-led Jets and what fans should expect moving forward.
While the two of them speculated over Rodgers' future, they also dug into numbers just a bit. Of course, the big one for ESPN is their own measurement of a quarterback's overall efficiency, QBR. Graziano noted how Rodgers is currently ranked 25th in the league in total QBR this season, right behind Anthony Richardson and ahead of Daniel Jones.
But, it was Fowler who dropped an even bigger number:
"I'll do you one better than the 2024 QBR stat you mentioned, Dan. Rodgers is 30th in QBR since 2022, just ahead of Mac Jones."
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Woof ... now that's bad. That's really bad.
Packers fans knew Rodgers didn't look like the same guy they knew in Green Bay, but this? This is ... wow.
Like, hey dude, you've been bad, but at least you're not Mac Jones. I mean, you're darn close, but you're not there yet.
Aaron Rodgers is bad, Jordan Love is good, and everything else in Packer land is just dandy
As if we didn't already know who won the Rodgers trade (oh, we've known for a very long time now) this just proves, once again, that Green Bay got away with highway robbery.
Yes, the Aaron Rodgers trade was highway robbery. After all, we're talking about a Packers team that hasn't missed a beat with Jordan Love under center, in the grand scheme of things, and a Jets team that looks like they'd have been better off with Zach freaking Wilson.
At this point last year, the Jets were 5-7 with Wilson under center. This year, with Rodgers (and, oh by the way, Davante Adams and all of the other "changes" made in New York), the Jets are 3-9.
The numbers speak for themselves, folks. The Jets, with Rodgers, have been nothing short of a train wreck.
Meanwhile, the Packers are playing excellent football and in one of the toughest divisions in football. Surely, there will be more and more reasons why we look back and laugh at this Rodgers trade. But for right now, there is plenty to support hours upon hours of comic relief.