The Dallas Cowboys got lucky to strike gold on Dak Prescott in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. While Prescott has not had the playoff success to be labeled an elite quarterback, he is comfortably one of the 10 best QBs in the game. When in a zone he looks like a top-five guy.
Other franchises have not been as fortunate. The New York Giants, in many ways, have been the poster child for that since Eli Manning retired.
After releasing Daniel Jones from one of the worst contracts in football, the Giants have commendably left no stone unturned in search of a stabilizer this offseason. They made a strong push for Matthew Stafford, whom the Rams surprisingly granted permission to speak to other teams about a potential trade after failing to make progress on a new contract.
The Giants met with Stafford and were prepared to offer him a mega-deal. On Friday, though, we learned that Stafford and the Rams agreed to a reworked contract, which forces New York to rethink everything.
That, evidently, includes a potentially disastrous alternative.
Giants considering Aaron Rodgers at QB is hilarious for Cowboys fans
With Matthew Stafford remaining with the Rams, the New York Giants are investigating all veteran quarterback options…..including Aaron Rodgers, per sources. pic.twitter.com/qy3nzSdZy6
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 28, 2025
It's well-documented around these parts that Aaron Rodgers had the Cowboys number during his days in Green Bay.
The playoff loss in 2016 was especially devastating. Dan Bailey kicked a game-tying field goal in the final minute of regulation only for Rodgers to convert a 3rd-and-20 to Jared Cook that set up Mason Crosby's game-winning 51-yard kick moments later. If you still have nightmares of the Cook throw, you are not alone.
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Despite all of that, it is laughable that the Giants would pursue Rodgers after watching their crosstown rivals implode after acquiescing to his every demand.
To say the Jets bent over backwards to make the Rodgers experiment work would be an understatement. They signed a number of his former Packers teammates, hired his former coach Nathaniel Hackett to call plays and traded a 2025 conditional third-round pick for Davante Adams in October amidst a three-game losing streak.
The Jets finished 5-12 and new head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey wasted no time moving on from Rodgers, who is a shell of the QB he was in his prime.
It's hard to fault the Jets for going all-in with Rodgers, though. Though an egomaniac, Rodgers was still considered a top QB at the time of the trade and New York believed its roster was a franchise quarterback away from competing for a Super Bowl.
The Giants' roster isn't anywhere close in terms of talent.
It is arguably two years away from true contention and that might be generous. They also deploy a woeful offensive line. That should mesh well with a 41-year-old QB, who battled through various leg injuries last season and is two years removed from snapping his Achilles.
The Giants had a front-row seat to the Rodgers experiment in Florham Park and they, evidently, haven't learned a darn thing. By all means, Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll, bring Rodgers to East Rutherford.
