For those Green Bay Packer fans having a hard time coming to grips with why J.J. Watt chose the Arizona Cardinals over the Green & Gold, I have a simple explanation.
Money. Lots of it.
For all of the "gee, I want a shot at a championship ring" talk from Watt, it just came down to the money. Arizona gave Watt a two year contract worth $31 million -- with $23 million of that guaranteed!
Green Bay was never going to come CLOSE to that kind of deal, not with so many free agents of it's own to sign (Jamal Williams, Aaron Jones, Corey Linsley come to mind first and foremost).
Watt finds himself in a division with the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. That's something of a murder's row when it comes to getting to the playoffs.
In the long run, the Packers did themselves a favor by NOT getting J.J.
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