This is the 1st sentence in that story.
Terron Armstead’s decision to retire from the NFL two months ago was about more than just normal wear and tear after 12 years of professional football.
I'm assuming you didn't click the link.
I think they got tired of us bashing the team. We were just coming off of being really good, then decent and that's when the wheels started to fall off. As I recall we weren't happy about it. We didn't even know what was to come for many years ahead