….He said… “This isn’t how I pictured retiring from the NFL. But in my 10th NFL season, I have been doing what my body has been programmed to do: Get ready to play on game day. I’ve endured multiple surgeries and played through many different injuries throughout my career and, over the last few weeks, this was the latest physical challenge,
but today on the field, reality hit me fast and hard: I shouldn’t be out there anymore.
I meant no disrespect to my teammates and coaches. But I hold myself to a standard. Mentally, I always expect myself to play at a high level. But physically, I know today that isn’t possible, and I had an honest moment with myself. While I was on the field, I just didn’t feel right, and I told the coaches, “I’m not myself anymore.”
I also wondered: Do I want to keep sacrificing?
And truthfully, I do not because the season is long, and it’s important for me and my family to walk away healthy than to willfully embrace the warrior mentality and limp away too late.
This was an overwhelming decision, but I’m at peace with myself and my family. I choose to be grateful to God for allowing me to play the game that I have loved as a boy until I turned 30 years old. I choose to be grateful to God for being part of the NFL and making lifelong friends over the last decade. There were roadblocks and pitfalls along the way, but I am grateful to God for all of it because he doesn’t promise any of us an easy journey.
Lastly, I am grateful to God for what he has in store for me ahead, in this next chapter of my life.”…..me personally,…..I give him big respect.….for knowing when…..to call it a day….he said it…..he couldn’t do it anymore to the best of his ability…..and it’s better to walk away.….than limp away…..a few teammates said he let the team down by walking away…..I don’t think so…..I think he would’ve let the team down.….by lying to himself when he’s not at the top of his game….and hide that from his teammates…..a lot of NFL players are walking away from the game…..can you blame them?……and while I’m talking football……
NFL WEEK 2…..I’ll get this out of the way real quick…..yo, my Oakland Raiders…..can you say..… “KHALIL MACK?”…..anyway.….Cleveland Browns.….I actually liked them during pre-season…..the “Tootsie Rolls”……that’s what Nicole calls them because the uniforms look like the wrappers….anyway,….they have only won…..one game out of their last 32…..and they drafted a kicker named Zane Gonzalez…..dude was kicking his butt off in college…..now, the first game…..all he had to do was kick an extra point…..and Cleveland would’ve won their first opening game since I don’t know when…..and Zane shanked it to the right..…so the game ended in a tie.….the second game……the Browns were playing their asses off….basically controlling the game….and all Zane had to do was kick and make the field goals and extra points.….and he missed two field goals…..and two extra points…..and the Browns lost…..again…..because of this guy’s foot.….I’m willing to bet he had to walk from New Orleans back to Cleveland because they wouldn’t let him board the plane….and I’ll bet the team is gonna get rid of him…..Minnesota Vikings.….you’re kicker is probably looking for a job right about now with Gonzalez…..because your guy missed three field goals…..two of them in overtime and you would’ve beaten the Green Bay Packers…..those dudes are going to be flipping burgers in some greasy spoon diner on a dirt road outside of Waco, Texas by the end of next week…..but I’m still with ya Cleveland…..hang in there, you’ll get your win soon…..and NFL..…you need to get that bullshit “Roughing the Passer” foul under control…..and you better start paying attention to offensive players leading with their helmets..…and start throwing more flags.
MAN EMAILS EVERY NICOLE FROM HIS UNIVERSITY TO FIND A GIRL HE MET AT A BAR….He wrote….. “Met you last night and you gave me the wrong number”……let me guess Carlos Zetina….you have no clue…..as to why you have the wrong number?….dude, take the hint…..she’s not into you…..this happened in Canada by the way.
THANKS FOR THIS ONE JASPER:…. “My nosy ass neighbor called the cops on me for smoking a joint in my backyard. When they asked me where the weed was at, I said I smoked it all. They wanted to know where I bought it. I told them, “I got it from my neighbor.” Now they’re over at his place.”
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU 7,000 LIVE BUGS AND SPIDERS ARE MISSING FROM A MUSEUM…..The Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion…..a museum that houses rare lizards, insects and scorpions was robbed.….around 7,000 bugs, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, frogs and snakes were taken…..and no one knows where in the hell they are……and that’s considered a $40,000 theft.