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With early retirement trend, drafting will become more important than ever.

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Jarrod Mayo just retired today at 29. Megatron retired at 30. Half the 49ers roster retired young last season. It's officially a trend. With players justifiably worried about their health, many more successful players will retire before 30.

This will make the NFL much more like college football where recruiting is essential due to high turnover rates. Teams that can't draft will be dead in the water. We better hope that our brain trust learned how to draft.

But I'm sure we may eventually see first round picks deciding to retire after a handful of years playing in the near future. So coaching will also become a high priority.


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The fact that Goodell commented on and declared this as not a trend should be an immediate alert you that we're going to see this as a more common occurrence.

Say this does continue, what then happens to statistical records when career achievements become almost unattainable? Does that aspect also hurt the game?
 
If this trend is true, and if our past drafting is indicative of our future drafting then we are doomed.
 
Yeah, I'm gonna go with ... Bull****!

With the cap continuing to rise, it simply means more earning power over the course of a FULL career. I realize we're not exactly talking about rocket scientists, but it doesn't take a ton of intellect to realize the greed of our fellow man.

Those examples represent a mere blip on the radar.
 
:lol: Hell, I'm already disrespecting the hell outta my body ... & I ain't getting paid multi-millions for the privilege.

This thread can't really be serious.



I mean, over the years I've seen plenty of "chicken little" theories put forth here, but really?!? :lol:
 
There will be a motivation to serve out the rookie contact and then get a fa signing bonus. With the cap going higher the first big contract will likely be the last the new generation makes. I see an 5-7 year window for any player. The days of guys playing into their 30s will soon be over.
 
Wildbill3 said:
There will be a motivation to serve out the rookie contact and then get a fa signing bonus. With the cap going higher the first big contract will likely be the last the new generation makes. I see an 5-7 year window for any player. The days of guys playing into their 30s will soon be over.
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Exactly, which means teams will be running the risk of signing an FA for a lot of money only to get 2-3 years out of them. That's not sustainable for a team to rely on...


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This early retirement trend only applies to those who manage their money well. Sadly very few professional athletes do this. I don't think it's going to be a trend.


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mayo retired due to health...he'd still be playing if his body wasn't broken

medical forces a lot of guys to hang em up...I don't buy any trend here
 
Also I'd retire if I were Calvin Johnson. We think as Dolphin fans we have it bad but there's something seriously wrong in Detroit. They've had playmakers on both sides of the ball and still can't win.


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Wildbill3 said:
There will be a motivation to serve out the rookie contact and then get a fa signing bonus. With the cap going higher the first big contract will likely be the last the new generation makes. I see an 5-7 year window for any player. The days of guys playing into their 30s will soon be over.
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Unless you're a quarterback.
 
Sanders, Brown, Billy Simms, Robert Smith, Bary Foster, Sayers, Tiki Barber, Al Toon there have been plenty of NFL players to retire early in a career to keep their health.

I look at Megatron like Moss, great when he was great but once the decline started it was almost instant.
 
NY8123 said:
Sanders, Brown, Billy Simms, Robert Smith, Bary Foster, Sayers, Tiki Barber, Al Toon there have been plenty of NFL players to retire early in a career to keep their health.

I look at Megatron like Moss, great when he was great but once the decline started it was almost instant.
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A lot of those players (outside of Barry Sanders) retired after a serious physical injury like Sayers.

The difference now is that players that are still seemingly healthy are retiring young because of brain injury concerns.


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