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Aaron Rodgers won't wear No. 12 with Jets despite receiving Joe Namath's blessing: report

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Aaron Rodgers isn't just changing teams — he's reportedly changing his number, too.

Rodgers is finally heading to the New York Jets after they reached a common ground with the Green Bay Packers on Monday. But if there was an issue among Jets fans about the four-time MVP quarterback joining the team, it was his No.

12 that he's been wearing with the Packers since he broke into the league in 2005. No. 12 is an immortal number in Jets history, as "Broadway" Joe Namath wore it during his Hall of Fame career.

However, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that Namath actually gave Rodgers his blessing to don No. 12 in a Jets uniform if he so chooses.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Cal's quarterback Aaron Rodgers during warmup as California defeated UCLA 45 to 28 at Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, California, October 16, 2003. (Robert B.

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