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| During an in-studio appearance with The Dan Patrick Show, Tuck was asked if early retirement is now becoming a trend across the NFL. His response likely won't make NFL commissioner Roger Goodell happy. "Yea, it is," Tuck said. "I think because, one, the game of football and being an athlete gives you so many options outside the game. If we want to go do some other things, we have those options. It ain't like it used to to be. There's so many things outside of football. "And now with all this stuff coming out about injuries and, you know, talking to the old guys and seeing what they're going through, it's something in the back of your mind. I don't think it makes the decision for you, but it's part of the decision process." |
I read all his quotes about other options these days .... but, after 11 seasons of crash,bang, boom at the LOS .... I would like to see the average career length for DL in the NFL. For RBs it used to be about 2.5 years ... but, that was before the game transition to a "pass first" league.
Superbowl week sucks.
True, but one would naturally assume it had some relevance to Tuck beyond simply retiring. It's fair one would assume they meant Tuck's retired early, which he certainly hasn't.
Great interview. Thanks for posting.
yep they ve made enough to last lifetimes, if spent and invested wisely. no need to suffer CTEs
This is one thing where Tiki had it right although ironically it seems like he blew through his money since then.
How can you say that they now put the health of the players as top priority when they still have Thursday Night Football not allowing players to recover from the prior Sunday? Also they are not having games in London and considering other foreign sites with players' health in mind.
The top priority of the NFL is making every dollar they possibly can!
You lament the game going the way of the offense and defenses not able to hit people like the old days. But the ways of the old days are killing and disabling its players at the same which may eliminate the game altogether...
which would you prefer?