Aaron Rodgers clearly appreciated the offer but knows that no matter what he might do as a Jet, No. 12 will always be associated with only one player.
in his press conference and generally seeming, for now, like he is perfectly delighted to be entering the cauldron of New York City.Now, hat’s off to Joe Willie: It was an incredibly generous offer to lend his number to Rodgers, who has worn it for every second he’s been an NFL player in Green Bay.
“I’d sure love Rodgers if he’s there,” Namath told WFAN’s Brandon Tierney and Tiki Barber in January. “Yeah, Ihim to wear his number. We established ourselves and we’ve got a real respect for our numbers, and Aaron Rodgers, God almighty, yeah! It’d be great to have him in New York.”Corey Sipkin for the NY Post
Rodgers clearly appreciated the offer but knows that no matter what he might do as a Jet, No. 12 will always be associated with only one player. He opted for 8, his old college number at Cal., “and I didn’t even want to go down that path. I’m excited about going back to my college number.”Aaron Rodgers said that he’ll always associate the Jets’ No. 12 with Joe Namath, pictured in 2019.Of course, it will be a little jarring seeing someone so closely associated with No.
. Take Montana. He was terrific in his two years in Kansas City, and brought the Chiefs to the brink of the Super Bowl in 1993. But he couldn’t take 16 with him — in Kansas City, that’ll forever be Len Dawson — and 19 just looked … well, weird on him. Phil Esposito wore 7 regally in 12-plus years with the Blackhawks and Bruins, but there wasn’t a prayer he was getting that number when he was traded to the Rangers in ’75; that number will belong to Rod Gilbert for the next 5,000 years. He dabbled with 5 and with 12 before settling on 77. It was a clever ploy. But it still looked wrong.Well, if he ever holds a Lombardi Trophy aloft wearing that number, it’ll probably seem like he was born to wear it. To Jets fans, anyway.
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