The NFL is one of those leagues where players tend to be very fickle about their decision to retire. One huge example is when we watched legendary Brett Favre decide to retire, only to come back and play for the Minnesota Vikings.
More recently, Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is surprising everyone by saying that he doesn’t feel like retiring.
This is obviously a lot less egregious than Favre’s case, since Fitzpatrick hasn’t even left the league yet, but there was a lot of talk surrounding him potentially handing over the metaphorical torch to young quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Indeed, there were rumors that Fitzpatrick was ready to retire—but he recently quashed those rumors in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show:
“For me personally, I have to take every offseason now and just reassess. I know these last two years have really re-lit that fire under me,” said the star quarterback. “I still want to play. I enjoy being out there playing.”
He went on to say that while a lot of thought needs to be put into retiring, he still loves playing the game of football. Considering he had a great last season, it’ll be interesting to see which teams try to sign him.
