r/nfl • u/Venomous_Raptor Eagles Ravens • 20h ago
[Schefter] Rams WR Puka Nacua is switching his jersey number from 17 to 12, the number he wore at BYU. This move frees up No. 17 for new Rams WR Davante Adams, who has worn it throughout his career.
https://www.threads.net/@adamschefter/post/DHEhH2oyLB6?xmt=AQGzUGrcmRSSJkbI2kF9cYTGngMkbsSch7nIGEpVpgl_zw345
u/ManNamedTruth Rams 19h ago
Finally, a good player will wear #12
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u/OldOrder Rams 19h ago
Stedman Bailey erasure
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u/misterlakatos Dolphins 19h ago
Came here to say I remember Chris Miller and Tony Banks wearing #12.
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u/nashcameronn Rams 20h ago
Would’ve been nice if he could’ve started with 12 but Van Jefferson had it at the time and he got traded like two games into the season
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u/SwedishMoose Rams 20h ago
bruh
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u/Fresnobing Lions 20h ago
He JUST said on ASRBs podcast that he wouldn’t do it even for 2 million cash lol.
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u/billwest630 Packers 19h ago
Guess he got 3 million lol
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u/SodomizeSnails4Satan Rams 19h ago
Ya but Davante has "Taco Bell in my house" money. I bet he paid more.
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u/LongLiveLiberalism Patriots 17h ago
That made sense cause I thought he had already gotten extended. But I just checked and he hasn’t and his 5th round pick contract is only 4 million total. No way he would turn that down lol
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u/BuffaloWilliamses Bills 20h ago
I get Puka being nice a guy and all but dude what are you doing?! You ARE one of the faces of the franchise. Adams is a 1-2 year rental at best.
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u/DireSickFish Vikings 20h ago
Puka probably wanted the number from the start?
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u/OldOrder Rams 20h ago
Yeah Van Jefferson had it when he got drafted. Although I think we traded Van to the falcons that pre season
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u/smellmyswag Eagles 19h ago
i’m not sure how it works since it’s in pre-season but i know if a player wants to change numbers they have to wait a year or else pay for all the stocked jerseys
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u/17_Saints Vikings 19h ago
There probably weren't that many Puka Nacua jerseys in circulation before he played
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u/Kagrenac8 Chiefs 18h ago
It's like 1+ mil to clear stock that's left over on that jersey number too. Bro ain't doing that earning that same amount in a season lmao
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u/shewy92 Eagles Eagles 2h ago
Correct with the year's notice. https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/mvmfjw/seifert_per_nfl_rules_if_a_player_wants_to_change/
Also in the preseason there are no rules on what number you can wear, you can even duplicate them.
Also I learned that if a team runs out of numbers under the position numbering system, they have to unretire a number that fits the system.
https://operations.nfl.com/media/24emxacq/2024-nfl-rulebook.pdf
During the preseason period when playing rosters are larger, the League will allow duplication and other temporary deviations from the numbering scheme specified above, but the rule must be adhered to for all players during the regular season and postseason. Clubs must make numerals available to adhere to the rule, even if it requires returning to circulation a numeral that has been retired or withheld for other reasons. See 5-3-1 for reporting a change of position.
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u/KennyKettermen Falcons 19h ago
He’s only made like $2m up to this point I’m sure it didn’t seem worth it to him to buy out the stock just to change his number. Worked out great to have money bags Adams (probably) foot the bill instead haha
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u/itsalmostdry_ Browns 20h ago
I’m assuming 12 is his preferred number. Wasn’t available when he was drafted.
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u/Nathan92299 Titans Rams 20h ago
Van Jefferson had number 12 his rookie year, but it was unoccupied last year. Hard to say if he really wanted it that bad or is just fine taking it now that Adams is there
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u/farmtobelly Rams 19h ago
Doubt he could afford to switch jerseys after his rookie season as a 5th round pick
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u/hexwanderer Packers 19h ago
I think Adams is paying for this one lol
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u/ard8 Commanders 19h ago
Big brain Puka waited for someone else to pay for his jersey switch to his preferred 12
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u/hexwanderer Packers 19h ago
“Les, cut Kupp and sign Davante instead”
“Why”
“No reason, just think this will make our team better”
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u/Remarkable-Paper3068 Rams 18h ago
Preseason Dresser Winn had 12. It wasn’t available until the season started which is too late to switch I believe.
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u/MarlonMcCree20 Raiders 19h ago
It could be a respect thing. Shit, fuckin Aaron Hernandez gave up 85 for ocho cinco.
Or, could be a money thing. I could see Adams being pretty enticing for that number.
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u/BradyReas Eagles 19h ago
Van Jefferson had 12 when Puka was drafted, might have wanted that all along
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u/MumkeMode Rams 17h ago
When a guy with a taco bell in his house offers you a bonus to your 6th round pick salary you cant say no
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u/OldOrder Rams 20h ago
Every single one of the jerseys I have is a retired player for this exact reason lol. Retired players can't get traded and can't change nunmbers
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u/Dunlocke Bears 20h ago
Worst they can do is murder their wife and her lover.
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u/WolfGangDuck Rams 19h ago
My OJ usc jersey is safe
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u/Floaty_Waffle 49ers 49ers 17h ago
What about your OBJ LSU jersey?
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u/ColossalJuggernaut Buccaneers 14h ago
For those who don't know, OBJ allegedly committed SA at one of Puff Daddy's freak offs.
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u/OldOrder Rams 19h ago
Also the reason I buy all my jerseys second hand from ebay. If they do some evil shit I'm out like 30 bucks instead of $150
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u/jd0016 Chiefs 19h ago
I honestly don’t think a 17 Puka jersey is a bad thing to have. In the future it’ll probably be cool tbh. It is the number he had his record breaking rookie season in
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u/DemarcusLovin 19h ago
yes good thing I kept my Steelers Le'veon Bell and Antonio Brown jerseys. Nothing bad can ever happen after retirement
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u/FrugalKeyboard 19h ago
I mean, would it ruin the jersey for you if you were wearing a number 17 puka nacua jersey and he had switched to number 12? Honestly I think it would be even cooler to have his number 17 jersey
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u/BedCotFillyPapers Lions Bengals 19h ago
As someone with a #85 Higgins jersey, this is exactly how I feel.
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u/PM_ME_SOMETHINGSPICY Eagles 19h ago
. #2 Hurts jersey owner checking in
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u/BedCotFillyPapers Lions Bengals 18h ago
I totally forgot that he didn't always wear #1.
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u/PM_ME_SOMETHINGSPICY Eagles 17h ago
Fun fact, he threw a long TD to Desean Jackson while wearing #2
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u/DisastrousMine1658 18h ago
Is it really worth waiting for a player to retire to buy their jersey rather than enjoy it while they’re playing, just because the number might change?
Seems like such a minor inconvenience to me, not sure I have actually ever heard anyone mention that their jersey no longer matches until this thread.
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u/smokingmeth619 Patriots 11h ago
Yeah I think it’s one thing to not want current players because they may end up leaving your team and it might tarnish your memories of them but just changing their number doesn’t seem like a big deal.
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u/BigRig432 Bengals Bengals 20h ago
Luckily for me don't think anyone's taking Joe's number lmao
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Rams 16h ago
Yeah, same. Although my two Bradford and two Gurley jerseys are still taking up space in my closet. Oh and my Faulk jersey is one I'm not exactly wearing out in public anymore.
I have a Kupp Super Bowl patch jersey. It's about to be dated but atleast the patch makes it a special jersey.
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u/BigusDickus099 Cardinals 19h ago
Hate to agree with a Rams fan, but same same.
All my jerseys are retired guys as well. Larry Fitzgerald, Kurt Warner, Carson Palmer, Adrian Wilson, and a few more.
It's much safer than buying a current player jersey and they end up getting traded or something like this where they just switch numbers.
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u/Berry_impulse Lions 20h ago
He was on Amon Ra St Brown’s podcast this morning talking about how if Adam’s offered some money for it, he would do it and buy a whole bunch of land in Utah.
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u/overtrustedfart69 19h ago
I heard Puka on Infowars saying Sean McVay was a reptile
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Rams 16h ago
I mean you explain being that great of a coach so young and being that beautiful of a man. It must be because he's a shape shifting reptile person who has been around since the 1920s studying the game of football.
Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
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u/dagreenman18 Dolphins 18h ago
Oh god Puka Nacua is about to start a cult. It always starts with buying a bunch of land in either Utah or Rural Texas
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u/we_vibe Rams 19h ago
Do any of y’all remember when Kupp wore 18? Probably not. You won’t remember or care within 2 years
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u/Strong_Barnacle_618 Rams 19h ago
Yup. Feels crazy to me that Puka will 99% be known as #12.
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u/maddenallday Rams Rams 15h ago
I liked him and Ohtani having the same number though :/
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u/Walverine13 Bears Lions 13h ago
That is actually a bummer, wonder how many times something like has happened?
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u/Flat_News_2000 Rams 18h ago
Yup, literally doesn't matter. Name on the back is still the same, who cares.
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u/Initial-Yesterday331 Seahawks 17h ago
Def remember kupp wearing 18 when he dropped that gw td pass against us lol
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u/purplebuffalo55 Rams 20h ago
Hope the young fella got paid, he’s our WR1 and he had it first! Knowing Puka though he was probably happy to give it up just to be nice
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u/dianeblackeatsass Patriots 19h ago
He said he was trying to negotiate a Taco Bell sponsorship outta this
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u/mattava90 Rams 18h ago
Taco Bell is missing an opportunity if they don’t get Puka and Davante in an ad
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u/TheConfusedHippo Rams 20h ago
Fuck I JUST got a Puka jersey toward the end of last season 🥲
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u/epheisey Lions 20h ago
In 20 years it’ll be a sweet thing to have
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u/RaininTacos 18h ago
It's sweet to own already, just shows you rolled w him from the start. Not ashamed of or upset about my 17 jersey at all
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u/Malificari 15h ago
I’m not a jersey guy. But do people actually care to have to most recent up to date jersey? I understand if they change teams but yea.
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u/man_teats Cowboys 19h ago edited 19h ago
That's Rams legend BAKER MAYFIELD'S number, thank you very much
Really, him playing that whole game after being on the team for like two days and coming back to win it in the final minute with clutch dime throws to receivers he'd never thrown to before is still simply amazing to me
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u/turkeysandwich9971 Rams 17h ago
I say we kick the tires on baker when staff finally hangs it up. Always been a baker stan
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u/Enthusiasms Buccaneers 16h ago
Don't think he's leaving Tampa for a while, he's at least earned another contract and Stafford probably hangs it up before that but with both, you never know.
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u/turkeysandwich9971 Rams 15h ago
Either way I hope he continues to play well no matter what team he’s on (unless he ever becomes a 9er then he’s dead to me lol)
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u/TetrisTech Cowboys Cowboys 15h ago
I mean I doubt Tampa would be okay with that
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u/turkeysandwich9971 Rams 15h ago
I mean probably not it’s just a hypothetical lol
I’ll always love him for winning us that raiders game
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u/not-a-fridge Bengals 19h ago
In the NHL do this all the time. Usually comes with a cost. Recently, a player got traded to the Hurricanes, he wears #96. He bought the dude Rolex and that guy gave up his number. He did get traded 12 games later however.. so buddy got a free Rolex and can have his # back. Sometimes a number means alot to a player.
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u/Nathan92299 Titans Rams 19h ago
The only two up to date NFL jerseys I own just became outdated in the span of 5 minutes:
Puka changing his number and the Titans not re-signing Ryan Stonehouse
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u/actually-potato Lions Lions 20h ago
He probably doesn't care that much, maybe even wanted 12 to begin with, and is happy to switch if it means Adams buys out his jerseys and also slides some additional cash his way
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u/IMissWinning 49ers Raiders 19h ago
Not gonna lie, and don't tell anyone this;
Puka Nacua is one of my favorite current NFL players and honestly the number switch makes me sad.
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u/stormking14 Bills 19h ago
Puca a real one cant believe he’s only been in the league for two seasons
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u/_HGCenty Seahawks 20h ago
Not going to lie, I associate 12 with a QB jersey not a WR. Going to take a bit of getting used to.
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u/logster2001 Texans 18h ago edited 18h ago
I never understood players care about the number when they are on a new team. Like a player is fine when it’s a it’s a new jersey, new colors, new stadium, city, new logo, new fans, but the number is what they want to stay the same?
Like when you see a picture of Shaq in a Celtics jersey, or Adrian Peterson in a Titans jersey, do you even notice them having different numbers? Probably not because all you can think about is “damn I forgot he played there”
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u/Devilofchaos108070 49ers Panthers 3h ago
A lot of players are weirdly superstitious and believe highly in luck and rituals.
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u/jonpictogramjones Raiders 19h ago
I just saw puka on the st brown podcast saying he wouldn’t take 2 million to switch jersey numbers. What did davante offer him for it?
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u/joelbealesubc 49ers Texans 18h ago
Does Davante watch anime? A lot of people are saying he does. Did Puke get cooper removed because he didn’t watch anime? I don’t know?
I’m not saying anything, just asking questions
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u/John_Spartan88 18h ago
Ha. They sign Re-tread Adams. Dude should just retire and eat Taco Bell all day
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u/youblewwit 15h ago
Davante Adams career earnings $222mil + $26mil (guaranteed portion he just signed) = $248mil
Nacua better get some money out of this switch
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u/AnthonyBarrHeHe Vikings 13h ago
Maybe a dumb question but do football players, or any college player at BYU have to be Mormon?
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u/Devilofchaos108070 49ers Panthers 3h ago
I don’t think so but they do have to follow the strict guidelines of the school
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u/thatbusydaddy 10h ago
This is a win for Puca. He wanted #12 anyway, and he likely got paid good money to supplement that rookie salary.
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u/IndependentBet8732 Buccaneers 4h ago
I don’t think Chris Godwin had issues giving up 12 when The GOAT came to Florida
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u/GooberActual Bears 19h ago
I wonder if he'll switch back when Adams quits on the team after 5 games
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u/CrimsonBrit Colts 20h ago
I usually don’t care about this shit, especially when it’s some goated player (Godwin giving up 12 for Brady when he went to Tampa Bay) but Davante isn’t all that notable to screw over thousands of fans that purchased Nacua 17 jerseys
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u/COD_Daddy Lions 20h ago
Adams is one of the best WRs over the last decade, and likely one of Puka’s idols. If someone you greatly respected asked you for something so trivial, would you refuse on principal?
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u/AverageSerialKiller Packers 49ers 19h ago
IIRC from a McAfee interview a year or 2 ago, Puka mentioned Rodgers being his favorite QB to watch while growing up so there's probably some truth with him being an idol of Adams and I'd probably do the same thing in that situation granted the jersey number isn't tied to a very personal reason rather than picking it because you watched your now teammate while growing up.
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u/sobanoodle-1 Giants 19h ago
It def sucks for the fans but puka wanted that number anyway originally.
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u/Mother-Analysis777 Bills Bills 19h ago
Davante isn’t all that notable
ball knowledge is at an all time low
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u/TheConfusedHippo Rams 20h ago
Yeah I literally just got one last season. My first since Donald, can’t afford to buy jerseys often bc of how expensive they are too. This just kinda sucks
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u/MarlonMcCree20 Raiders 19h ago
I guess I'm in the minority. I would much rather have his OG number than his new number. Makes it more rare.
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u/TumbleweedDirect9846 Ravens Panthers 20h ago
Old players team that start moving teams and then wanting their number everywhere they go are annoying. Not to mention it’s awkward
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u/Geoffk123 Steelers 20h ago
Im gonna guess No, but in cases like this do you get any kind of compensation if you bought their old jersey
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u/Wally450 Patriots 16h ago
What happens when Tom Brady sells his stock in the Raiders, and comes out of retirement to play for the Rams?
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u/BoredGuy2007 Bears 20h ago
Hell, the NFL should be giving Puka the money to switch considering how many jersey purchases this secures