Aaron Rodgers Wearing Pittsburgh Steelers No. 12 Is Preposterous originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Aaron Rodgers is finally set to be a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback. It’s what at least some Steelers fans have been pining for for months.

And we hope after all the rigmarole, everything turns out positively. Although that’s not guaranteed.

Since even before Rodgers made it official, images of him wearing a Steelers uniform have circulated. The only problem is, those images almost exclusively depict the four-time league MVP wearing a Steelers jersey with No. 12.

What?

Do the people fabricating these images have no knowledge of NFL or Steelers history?

Do they not understand how ridiculous that image is? Apparently not.

For those of you who don’t know, while the No. 12 isn’t officially retired in Pittsburgh, it’s unofficially retired. Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls in the 70s while representing No. 12, while also helping to pull the franchise out of the proverbial gutter of the league after 41 years of embarrassment, dating back to their founding in 1933 as the Pittsburgh Pirates.

If history is any indication, Rodgers won’t want to wear No. 12 anyway. When he signed on with the Jets, another Hall of Fame No. 12, Joe Namath, gave consent for Rodgers to wear it. He declined.

And it’s not like Bradshaw has love for Rodgers. It was less than a week ago when the Steelers legend said, “That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there.”

There’s no doubt Bradshaw wouldn’t offer consent, and maybe even less doubt that Rodgers would want to wear Bradshaw’s number anyway.

So if you’re going to make a fake image of Rodgers in a Steelers jersey, pick another number.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.