Hey, all of you Dak Prescott haters and doubters — we’re looking at you, Stephen A. Smith — Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has something he wants to tell you.
And tell you.
And tell you.
While the Jets probably should stop listening to Rodgers — whose player recommendations haven’t been working out — Cowboys fans will like what he had to say.
Rodgers, making his usual appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Tueesday, sidestepped a question about Prescott’s cadence — he’s often shouting, “Here we go!” before the snap — to give the Cowboys quarterback a big wet kiss. Rodgers, rehabbing a torn Achilles’ tendon, said he has spent a lot of time watching the NFL this season, and Prescott has been “impressive.”
Here’s the speech:
“I want to talk about Zak, because he’s become one of my favorite quarterbacks to watch, Rodgers said. “I’ve watched more football this year than any other year, because in normal years … you’re getting ready for a game, so you never watch some football, right? And you might see some scores on your phone, and maybe every now and then, you see a Sunday night game. And you might get part of Monday or Thursday [games], but you’re not just not watching a lot of games.
“And this year, I’ve watched a lot more games than usual. And, you know, Tom [Brady] had some comments about some of the mediocrity in the game, and I just want to say Dak is not who he’s talking about, OK? For a number of reasons, but I just love that it he’s really playing the position. What I mean by that is, I’m watching him make Ringo calls. So that’s protection adjustments against these crazy looks, and picking things up.
“I’m watching him bring the tight end back in against the zero pressure and throw an old concept we used to run — for a touchdown, to [Cowboys wide receiver] CeeDee Lamb. I’m watching him use his cadence beautifully and get into this rhythmic “Here we go!” [call], using it as a dummy sometimes, doing…
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