While the Green Bay Packers didn't get some of the results they would have liked to see during their bye in Week 10, they did watch several former franchise cornerstones struggle. Mike McCarthy will likely need a new job come January, as his Dallas Cowboys took their fourth straight loss, thus dropping to 3-6 on the season.
Then, of course, there was Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams taking yet another loss with the New York Jets, who were walloped by the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 31-6.
And that wasn't the only hit Rodgers took, as former Gang Green wideout Mike Williams — you know, the guy Rodgers threw under the bus and effectively got traded — made the game-winning touchdown catch for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their wild win over the Washington Commanders.
And Williams made sure to let Rodgers know he hasn't forgotten how things played out. If you recall, following the Jets' 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football to close out Week 6, a game in which Rodgers threw a late interception, thus killing any chance New York had to win, the former Packers QB essentially put the blame on Williams with this beauty.
"There's two verticals. Allen's down the seam and Mike's down the redline," Rodgers said. "So I'm throwing a no-look to the redline. When I peek my eyes back there, he's running an in-breaker. It's got to be down the redline."
And this was what Williams posted on Instagram following his heroics on Sunday. Notice the hashtags at the bottom of the post.
Don't you just gotta love it at this point, Packers fans? The drama surrounding Rodgers just doesn't end, and it makes Green Bay's decision to move on last year continue to look that much better.
It's almost unfathomable at this point to look back and remember how the Packers were actually criticized by many for trading Rodgers to the Jets.
Now, to be fair, there was some risk involved. Rodgers was just a year removed from winning his second straight and fourth overall NFL MVP, and it's not as if his 2022 campaign was all that bad. Sure, the Packers went just 8-9, and he threw a dozen interceptions, his highest total since 2010.
But he also completed a respectable 64.6 percent of his passes for 3,695 yards with 26 touchdowns. Even with the 12 picks, that's a strong season for some quarterbacks. It just looked a little off because Rodgers had been so good for so long
Plus, just as it was hard to know what to expect from Rodgers when he took over for Brett Favre, it was hard to know what to expect from Jordan Love when he was handed the keys to the castle that is Lambeau Field. So again, it's easy to understand why some were skeptical.
But here's the thing, though. Rodgers had made life miserable for the Packers' front office for years, demanding this and whining about that. They'd obviously just had enough and shipped him out of town for a load of draft picks, essentially saying to Woody Johnson, "Here, he's your problem now."
And it was obviously the right call. Love had a fantastic first season in the QB1 role, getting the Packers to the postseason after throwing for 4,159 yards and 32 touchdowns. Rodgers, of course, had a hard time matching those numbers, what with taking just four snaps and all.
Love hasn't been quite as sharp this season, but at least his team is winning. The same can't be said for Rodgers and the Jets, who are now 3-7 after taking the aforementioned 31-6 loss to the Cardinals.
Oh, Love also hasn't gotten his head coach fired. He also hasn't alienated teammates or gotten anyone traded, which just brings us back full circle to Williams, who's clearly a lot happier with catching passes from Russell Wilson than he was from Mr. Rodgers.
As for the Packers, one has to believe they're in that same boat. Life's just a little easier without all the drama, don't you think?
Sorry, Jets fans, he's your problem now.
