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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
If you're so close to wanting to retire that all it would take is a mild-sounding calf/ankle issue to put you over the edge then retire before the draft, not two weeks before the season.
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The Colts were downplaying the calf issue as "week to week" but this is also a team who downplayed a shoulder issue that cost him a year of his career the same way. Insider reports that I saw from various sources had him missing the first four games of the season minimum and soft tissue injuries like that are notorious for flaring up again and being difficult to manage.
Go read Gronk's speech from the other day where he talks about how the thigh bruise he suffered in the Super Bowl this year was basically the reason he retired. This is a guy who's come back from various back surgeries, etc., but at some point it just wears you down. I don't think it's really appropriate for armchair QBs like us to tell a player when he's given enough of his body or how much pain is an acceptable amount to endure before they do what's best for themselves.