Steelers Daily News & Links: Insane Aaron Rodgers’ Stat; Terry Bradshaw’s No. 12 is Off Limits
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🏈 Since 2022, Aaron Rodgers has 54 passing touchdowns. In that same time frame, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 46 touchdown passes. Rodgers also had only one pass attempt in 2023 before suffering a season-ending Achilles injury.
🏈 Aaron Rodgers agreed to terms with the Steelers, but don’t expect the four-time league MVP to wear Terry Bradshaw’s No. 12. Bradshaw’s No. 12 is not officially retired, but no one has worn the digit since the Hall of Fame quarterback retired after the 1983 season. The Steelers wouldn’t issue No. 12 to Rodgers without Bradshaw’s blessing. And judging by the four-time Super Bowl champion’s recent comments, that doesn’t seem likely.
Bradshaw called the Steelers’ pursuit of Rodgers a joke and even delivered a personal shot.
“That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there,” Bradshaw said of Rodgers.
Rodgers will most likely wear No. 8 for the Steelers. That was the digit he wore at Cal and with the New York Jets. Corliss Waitman currently wears No. 8, but Rodgers will have it if he wants it.
🏈 Since 2022, Aaron Rodgers has 54 passing touchdowns. In that same time frame, the Steelers have had only 46 touchdown passes. Rodgers also had only one pass attempt in 2023 before suffering a season-ending Achilles injury.
🏈 The Steelers will start their fifth different quarterback in Week 1 since 2021.
🏈 Justin Fields, Russell Wilson and Mason Rudolph all averaged more EPA, YPA and had better accuracy than Aaron Rodgers in 2024, according to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football.
🏈 The Steelers are signing one of the greatest arms in NFL history in Aaron Rodgers.
🏈 Aaron Rodgers needs just 1,337 passing yards to surpass Ben Roethlisberger for the fifth-most all-time, and needs six passing touchdowns to surpass Brett Favre for fourth-most all-time.
🏈 Of Aaron Rodgers’ 30 fastest top-speed plays last season, 17 came in Week 13 or later, per NFL Next Gen Stats.
🏈 Steel City Star posted a highlight clip of Aaron Rodgers’ first game in Pittsburgh in 2009, which was a shootout. Pittsburgh prevailed 37-36, thanks to Ben Roethlisberger’s 19-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Mike Wallace on the final play of the game. It was Big Ben’s first 500-yard game.
🏈 Former Steelers free safety Ryan Clark thinks the Aaron Rodgers signing will continue to keep the Steelers “mired in mediocrity.”
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