Terry Bradshaw Rips Aaron Rodgers and Calls Steelers a 'Joke' for Considering the Quarterback: 'Go Chew on Bark'

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Terry Bradshaw slammed nan Pittsburgh Steelers' ongoing pursuit of Aaron Rodgers
Rodgers, 41, has mulled status while remaining noncommittal to nan Steelers
Bradshaw played 14 seasons pinch nan squad during nan 1970s and 1980s

Terry Bradshaw had immoderate beardown words for his erstwhile squad amid its ongoing courtship of free supplier Aaron Rodgers.

The retired Hall of Fame quarterback, who played each 14 of his NFL seasons pinch nan Pittsburgh Steelers, called his erstwhile team’s pursuit of Rodgers, 41, “a joke.”

“That’s a joke,” Bradshaw, 76, said during an interview pinch section KABZ successful Little Rock, Ark. “That is just, to me, is simply a joke. What are you gonna do? Bring him successful for 1 year? Are you kidding me?”

Bradshaw, who was nan Steelers' starting backmost during nan 1970s and nan first half of nan 1980s, added: “That feline needs to enactment successful California. Go location and chew connected bark and susurration to nan gods retired there.”

Rodgers remains an unsigned free supplier this week arsenic teams astir nan convention person started its first limb of training camps for adjacent season. The Steelers, who opted not to resign quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, are without a proven starting quarterback. Rodgers, who past played pinch nan New York Jets successful 2024, opted not to resign pinch his aged squad either.

The pairing has seemed destined, but heavy delayed arsenic Rodgers has besides publically mulled complete nan anticipation of retiring from nan NFL aft 20 seasons.

A erstwhile Super Bowl-winning backmost for nan Green Bay Packers, Rodgers’ on-field capacity has severely declined successful caller years amid injury and off-the-field profession moves. Rodgers precocious appeared successful a Netflix docuseries astir his life and besides contemplated becoming Robert F. Kennedy’s moving mate successful nan 2024 U.S. statesmanlike election. Meanwhile, during his past 2 seasons pinch nan Jets, Rodgers’ usage of hallucinogenic supplier retreats and his absence from squad workouts successful nan summertime person led to disapproval arsenic his results connected nan section waned.

Terry Bradshaw.

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"I'm successful a different shape of my life," Rodgers explained connected The Pat McAfee Show past month. "I'm 41 years old, I'm successful a superior relationship. I person off-the-field worldly going connected that requires my attention. I person individual commitments I made not knowing what my early was going to look for illustration aft past year, that are important to me."

Rodgers based on that he isn’t “holding anybody hostage” pinch his indecision astir playing adjacent season, arsenic nan Steelers look to beryllium waiting to perceive back. The Chico, Calif., native besides said “retirement still could beryllium a possibility, but correct now my attraction has been and will proceed to beryllium connected my individual life."

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Aaron Rodgers.

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Meanwhile, Bradshaw appeared to nonstop astir of his vexation towards nan Steelers’ inability to turn a young backmost since Ben Rothlisberger’s 18-year tally pinch nan team.

"I liked Kenny Pickett," Bradshaw told KABZ astir nan team’s erstwhile quarterback. "I liked him astatine Pitt. I cognize him, I cognize what he's like. When they sewage him to Pittsburgh, they didn't protect him, they didn't get him an violative line. They wanted to tally nan football, but they didn't person an violative statement that could protect and they didn't person weapons. He had nary wide receivers to speak of.”

Bradshaw continued: "Then they propulsion a kid successful location for 2 years and you've sewage an discourtesy that doesn't fresh and doesn't work, and they can't tally because their violative line's not moreover bully capable for a tally blocking team. Now, they're saying Kenny Pickett is simply a failure. He wasn't a failure, nan Steelers were a failure."