RFIP wrote:
Jim Miller was discussing today how shocked he and his Steeler teammates where when they acquired Jerome. Said they were in shock that they “stole” him from the Rams.
Kirwan: “I have first hand knowledge on how this went down. Rich Brooks was Rams HC and he just did not like Bettis. He came in one day and told the staff ‘I want him gone. Get rid of him!’ And Johnny Rowland was one of his assistants and was later with me on the Jets and he relayed that story to me..”