Overview

• Terry Bradshaw called the Steelers’ pursuit of Rodgers “a joke” in May, urging him to “stay in California,” “chew on bark” and “whisper to the gods.”
• Rodgers signed a one-year contract in June, describing it as his final NFL season and ending months of free-agency speculation.
• At training camp, he quipped “I whisper to the gods every single day” in response to Bradshaw and said the former quarterback “doesn’t know me.”
• Rodgers said his rapport with head coach Mike Tomlin was the decisive factor in choosing Pittsburgh, insisting “it was here, or not play.”
• He offered an olive branch to Bradshaw by inviting him to spend time together and pledged to honor Steelers traditions in his farewell campaign.