“Aaron Rodgers and C.J. Stroud are roughly similar” seems like the kind of connection both Texans and Jets fans would have loved heading into the 2024 season. Instead, Rodgers has doomed New York to a ninth-straight losing season and Stroud has vacated the momentum he carried into year two after thriving as a rookie.

Nothing ignites a good NFL discussion quite like quarterbacks. They're the most important ingredient in a championship recipe, after all. All signal-callers are at least partially a product of their situations,

Born in Cincinnati, Russell Wilson hadn't played in Cincinnati since October 2015, when he played for the Seahawks.