...I don't know if I buy it completely. I wouldn't be shocked if he changed his mind in time for next season. I say this because of the reason he gave for retirement. I don't really recall a player deciding to retire because of being "mentally" tired.
"It's time for me to move on. I can't do it physically anymore. That's really hard for me to say." "I just wanted to give myself a chance to think about it, that maybe I could come back and whether I could do it physically ... When (off-season workouts) came and it was less than two months after I'd played my last football game, I said, 'You know what? I can't do this anymore."' ---John Elway on his retirement.
I wanted to find quotes from the retirement speeches of other quarterbacks but most don't give detailed reasons. Montana was pretty upbeat during his. Marino didn't mention his physical ability (from the quotes I was able to find). I couldn't even find quotes from Bradshaw's retirement speech. Aikman's reasoning was clear enough, as was Young's.
I find the "mentally" tired reason odd.
"It's time for me to move on. I can't do it physically anymore. That's really hard for me to say." "I just wanted to give myself a chance to think about it, that maybe I could come back and whether I could do it physically ... When (off-season workouts) came and it was less than two months after I'd played my last football game, I said, 'You know what? I can't do this anymore."' ---John Elway on his retirement.
I wanted to find quotes from the retirement speeches of other quarterbacks but most don't give detailed reasons. Montana was pretty upbeat during his. Marino didn't mention his physical ability (from the quotes I was able to find). I couldn't even find quotes from Bradshaw's retirement speech. Aikman's reasoning was clear enough, as was Young's.
I find the "mentally" tired reason odd.