maryland-bills-fan Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Funny thing. Our two best offensive linemen decided to quit football this off season. The only two guys who were in the pro bowl. Both were sort of funny retirements- Woods is still on the roster. Also a bunch of former lead players (Darius, Watkins, Glenn, Darby, Brown....) got traded. Yea, the Patriots have a model of selling-high on trading players with good rep's a year early rather than a year late. I get that. But two funny retirements from guys who played next to each other for a couple of years.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#34fan Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, maryland-bills-fan said: Funny thing. Our two best offensive linemen decided to quit football this off season. The only two guys who were in the pro bowl. Both were sort of funny retirements- Woods is still on the roster. Also a bunch of former lead players (Darius, Watkins, Glenn, Darby, Brown....) got traded. Yea, the Patriots have a model of selling-high on trading players with good rep's a year early rather than a year late. I get that. But two funny retirements from guys who played next to each other for a couple of years.....? Sounds like they both have legit health reasons for doing so... Though I'm sure that won't make the news any easier for McCoy and McCarron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4life1924 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Eric wood wasn't a pro bowler this past year.. And both were medical reasons. I don't find anything funny bout that. As bad as we wish they were still playing for the bills, there is no need for them to risk health issues Edited April 10, 2018 by Bills4life1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 May want to change the title a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Better ask the team doctor. Something fishy going on here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 These types of things are becoming more common. Guys have made their money by then and are deciding the health risks outweigh a few more $$ in the bank. Wasn't as common years ago as the $$ weren't as huge ( especially on the OL) and the medical knowledge not widely accepted or known. It's not really all that curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, maryland-bills-fan said: Funny thing. Our two best offensive linemen decided to quit football this off season. The only two guys who were in the pro bowl. Both were sort of funny retirements- Woods is still on the roster. Also a bunch of former lead players (Darius, Watkins, Glenn, Darby, Brown....) got traded. Yea, the Patriots have a model of selling-high on trading players with good rep's a year early rather than a year late. I get that. But two funny retirements from guys who played next to each other for a couple of years.....? The name is Wood and his "retirement" has already been revealed as being due to the neck injury. It's not a mystery and there's nothing "funny" about it other than bonus/salary cap issues that need to be ironed out. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I think Woods is 100% legit medically he can't play anymore. I think Richie looked at it as "my friend isn't there anymore, my agents negotiated me a pay cut, this Dr visit didn't go great, I'm done unless they financially make it worth my while". It seems McBeane doesn't mess around with money, it wouldn't shock me if Richie asked for some of this money back and they told him it's not happening. Realistically the guy is going to be 35 before the season. It's not like he had that many more years left. I think it's an emotional guy making an emotional decision, but not some major red flag on how the team is being run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Robert Woods retired? I thought he left in free agency. Or, is this about Tiger retiring? Edited April 10, 2018 by Binghamton Beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Joshin' Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, mead107 said: May want to change the title a bit. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 because I said so... Sorry, parenting instinct kicks is when someone asks why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Just now, Dalton said: Why? Why ask why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 WHY is this thread called WHY and WHY did I open it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 [This is an automated response]As a courtesy to the other board members, please use more descriptive topic titles. A better title will help the community find information faster and make your topic more likely to be read. The topic starter can edit the topic title line to make it more appropriate.Thank you. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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