At the same time, these players spend a lot of time, emotions and their bodies to appease fans. I think the average NFL player has 4 surgeries in their careers. Have you rehabbed after surgery? If you have, it sucks. I never got mad at Andrew Luck for retiring when you listen to his presser. It's not just surgery, it's other injuries as well.
A very large percentage of these players will have physical ailments the rest of their lives.
I know they aren't playing for just for the fans, they're playing for their teammates, coaches and themselves. But when they do this and play well, it brings us happiness.
So yes Josh doesn't understand it from our perspective but we also don't see it from his perspective because we don't live each other's lives.