Jets reacquire Joe Flacco from the Philadelphia Eagles

Joe Flacco (Keith Allison, Wikimedia Commons)

The New York Jets needed to improve their offense. But literally is bringing in Joe Flacco, the 36-year-old Joe Flacco, the right way to go? Long-time Jets fans must be wondering, ‘Oh my God…is this the best move Jets general manager Joe Douglas could have made in picking up a quarterback?’

On Monday, the Jets acquired Flacco from the Philadelphia Eagles for a conditional sixth-round draft pick in the 2022 National Football League Draft according to Grant Gordon of nfl.com. The draft pick can be upgraded to a fifth round pick if Flacco plays a predetermined amount of time.

Flacco has not played so far this season. He was signed to a one-year deal worth $3.5 million to be Philly’s primary backup to Jalen Hurts on March 25, 2021. Now, based on how awful the New York Jets’ offense has been this season, it will be interesting to see how long it will take the Jets to name Flacco the starter.

Just how bad has Zach Wilson, the Jets starting quarterback, and the second overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, been? Well, he leads the NFL with nine interceptions, has a poor quarterback rating of 63.5, and has not been able to guide the Jets down the field once this year in the first quarter to score a single point. Ok, the NFL is not like the Canadian Football League, where you can score a rouge, but you get the point. Wilson has also been sacked nine times for 160 yards. He has been sacked for more yards than his number of completions (104).

With Flacco, he did win the NFL Rookie of the Year back in 2008, and won the Super Bowl with the Ravens in 2013, However, his first rodeo with the Jets back in 2020 was far from smooth. He went 0-4 in four games and had a quarterback rating of 58.

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