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Terry Bradshaw did not get his wish.
When the rumors swirled that Aaron Rodgers would join Bradshaw’s Pittsburgh Steelers, Bradshaw called it a “joke.”
“What are you going to do? Bring him into a year? Do you toll me? … That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on the bark and whisper to the gods out there,” Bradshaw said in May.
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Clay Matthews, Left, and Aaron Rodgers celebrate the trophy presentation with Terry Bradshaw, right after Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25, in the Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, February 6, 2011. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
After months of speculation, Rodgers signed a one -year deal with Steelers and said it would be his last season in the NFL.
Rodgers is now at its 21st training camp, 18 of which was with Green Bay Packers and two with the New York Jets.
Inevitably, Rodgers was asked about Bradshaw and he couldn’t help but laugh any of it.
“I whispered to the gods every single day,” joked Rodgers, referring to what Bradshaw said months ago.
But Rodgers took the highway, while also pleading the Bradshaw to ignore the negative headlines about Rodgers.
“I’ve known Terry for a long time, being part of Fox. Terry’s A Legend. He’s an absolute legend. He won four Super Bowls. He’s had a legendary career in the media,” Rodgers told it NFL network. “But Terry, like many people, don’t know me.
“And then he has an idea of what he thinks about me based on what I’ve done, the documentary, what I’ve said, dark retreat, no matter what the hell you want to talk about. I would very much like to get to know Terry on a deeper level. I fancy if he gave me a chance to get to know him, then we would have a good friendship.
So I would very much like to get to know Terry at a deeper level if he is open to it. And maybe we can chew some bark or whatever the hell he is talking about together. “
Aaron Rodgers took the highway as he talked about Terry Bradshaw’s negative comments. (IMagn)
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Rodgers also said he has no “nothing but the greatest amount of respect and respect” for what Bradshaw and others “greatness have done.”
“They laid the basis that we could play in this great game. To be paid as kings and to continue the tradition of expertise that guys like the world’s Bradshaws in the 70s and Bart Starr in the 60s and 60s and [Vince] Lombardi and Joe Montana and Steve Young and Troy Aikman and Brett Favre and all the greatness, ”he said.
“We are standing on the back of these guys. It is because of how they played and how they bore themselves, that we are able to have this opportunity to still play this amazing game, get paid really well, to set us up for our future.”
Aaron Rodgers falls back to pass wearing a new helmet to Pittsburgh Steelers. (IMagn)
Steelers starts the regular season 7 September against Jets, Rodgers’ former team.
