Jerome Bettis spent the majority of his 13-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, playing with the team for 10 years after he was acquired from the Los Angeles Rams via trade before the 1996 season. Bettis would end his career with his first-ever Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XL, but before his 12th year in the league in 2004, Bettis turned down a trade from Pittsburgh to the Chicago Bears. Talking with NBC Sports’ Peter King on Radio Row during Super Bowl Week, Bettis discussed why he turned the trade down.
“It was the latter part of my career, it was actually a year before I retired.