Terry Bradshaw is among the greatest quarterbacks of his generation. And until Ben Roethlisberger came along, the only franchise quarterback the Pittsburgh Steelers had truly ever had (the twilight of Bobby Layne’s career aside). Bradshaw helped propel the franchise to their first four Super Bowls with his cannon arm, fearless attitude, and underrated mobility. But to hear Bradshaw tell it, all of that came close to never happening. Sitting down with FOX’s Colin Cowherd on today’s episode of The Herd, Bradshaw revealed after being benched for Joe Gilliam, he asked Chuck Noll to trade him.
Here’s what Bradshaw said, relating Russell Wilson’s experience in Seattle to his own.