Jersey swapping between NFL stars has become commonplace across the NFL. Ben Roethlisberger asked for and received a Tom Brady jersey last fall. Antonio Brown swapped jerseys with fellow NFL stars Dez Bryant of Dallas and O’Dell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants.
This is a relatively new phenomenon, and it certainly didn’t take place in the 1970s when the Steelers were in the midst of their dynasty. Back then, Steelers players not only wore the same jerseys from game to game they wore the same jerseys from year to year. Equipment managers would patch and sew jerseys that were damaged in games and players would wear the same jerseys for years.