The New York Jets knew exactly what they were getting into when acquiring Aaron Rodgers. Placing a larger target on their backs was the least of it.
When considering the usual sports media narrative surrounding the organization for the better part of the last half-century, adding one of the most polarizing sports figures in the modern era could only stir the pot more ferociously.
Perhaps the Jets expected it to be at least somewhat of a fair fight, however.
Opinion and speculation will always accompany hard facts in the NFL — a league whose motor runs 365 days a year.