Your earliest surprise FOF retirement?

[Eaglesfan27]

In the eNFL, Andre Johnson just retired after 7 years in the league. I had just paid him a huge signing bonus the previous year or so and he was signed for 4 more years. He had just completed a season that earned him at least mention among top offensive player of the year honors. Specifically, he had 106rec/1529yrds 13 TD's 3 Fumbles. No injuries, no reason to expect him to retire like this.

Granted, I haven't played many SP seasons with the current version of the game (about 40 at the most), but I've never seen a player in his prime retire this early for no reason. So as I try to decide what to do next with my team, anyone care to share surprise retirement stories?

[hhiipp]

I had a running back that just up and retired unexpected after 5 years in the league. He had just put up a pretty good season with 392 rushing attempts, 1372 yards and 9 TDs, definately didn't expect him to retire but he wanted to smoke dope.

[yabanci]

on behalf of the rest of the eNFL owners, all we can say is........YES!!!!!!!!##%^*#

j/k

that really sucks. I've seen a RB go out in his prime after about 7 years, but WRs usually stick around forever.

[stevew]

Was the accelerated Cap hit devastating to your team? I had an older WR quit(WigFL Hines Ward), and the 6 million in money that accelerated to the cap was the straw that broke our camels back. I suppose you use an accelerating cap though.

[Passacaglia]

on behalf of the rest of the eNFL owners, all we can say is........YES!!!!!!!!##%^*#

j/k

that really sucks. I've seen a RB go out in his prime after about 7 years, but WRs usually stick around forever.

The Eagles should have never got Andre Johnson in the first place!

[Eaglesfan27]

Was the accelerated Cap hit devastating to your team? I had an older WR quit(WigFL Hines Ward), and the 6 million in money that accelerated to the cap was the straw that broke our camels back. I suppose you use an accelerating cap though.
It will definitely hurt our chances to be a true Super Bowl contender as I now have approximately 16 million in dead cap space and I have to franchsie McNabb this upcoming year. I will have to reshape my roster unless I can do some very creative accounting.

[dacman]

HOLY CRAP! **Frank Barone-style**


If you want to unload a pricey vet or two, my ears are open (and my cap space is enormous).

[jeff061]

hmmmm me as well.... ;). Like dogs we are.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm looking at all options you vultures ;)

[Nwobhm]

Maybe he just got tired of winning.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

The Redskins of the eNFL absolutely hate that this would happen to a team in their division. It's just terrible. There's only one thing that could cause something this catastrophic....................George Bush hates the Eagles of the eNFL.

[Pyser]

actually, george bush just quit our league :)

[jeff061]

lol. Nice. Farkin Bush.

[Eaglesfan27]

I just finished simming 10 seasons of SP just as a quick test, and not one receiver rated nearly as high as Johnson retired after 7 years. Oh well.

[albionmoonlight]

I just finished simming 10 seasons of SP just as a quick test, and not one receiver rated nearly as high as Johnson retired after 7 years. Oh well.
I remember someone once speculated that Jim may have coded retirements like this into the game to mimic off-field events like an offseason car wreck that left him unable to play.

At least, that's what I tell myself to make it seem more realistic.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I had a running back in FOF 2004 that retired after 10 years (Jim Brown type),
He had around 11000 yds and 66 tds, and just walked away.

[Northwood_DK]

Just another question. Yesterday in the talk about the NFL games Jim mentioned that it would not be a good idea for the 49ers to start their new rookie quarterback. He mentioned two reasons. 1) it would break his confidence to go up against a good defends 2) he comes from a small school and need more time to mature.

Is this working the same way in the game? Is confidence to a rookie quarterback a part of the game? Is their any upside/downside to keep a new quarterback on the bench for a few seasons? Will a quarterback from a big school get ready to player faster then a player from a small school in the game?

[Darkiller]

In Single Player mode, the earliest unexpected retirement I have seen was a great Tackle, who had been drafted #1 overall...and would retired without notice after just six years in the NFL...

Can't tell you in which shit it put its former team in...

[cthomer5000]

My most memorable early retirement was a QB after 5 seasons. He was a success the second he stepped on the field, won a couple of all-pro honors and titles, then got injured really badly early in year 4. He went from a 80ish/80ish guy to something like 60/60. He had a very, very good year 5, and we lost the title game. At that point he retired.

I remember being surprised that the retirement came after a pretty much full recovery and a lot of team success.

[Joe]

actually, george bush just quit our league :)

that doesn't mean I don't hate the Eagles. :D

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

From past franchises, through observations I have seen that Wr's also retire quite early usually those that would have been GREAT receivers retre at their prime at around their 10th years.

[jbmagic]

eaglefan27

your IHOF link goes to the forum, not the home page.

[gottimd]

Whats the latest you have seen someone retire?

[jbmagic]

Whats the latest you have seen someone retire?

see the Raiders Ted Washington 16 years he just completed in NAFL

i wonder if he will retire for the upcoming season.

[Joe]

latest i have seen is a 27 year veteran QB

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

latest i have seen is a 27 year veteran QB
I'd like to see his stats. He must have been a walking stiff after almost 30 years.

[Joe]

he didnt play much (or at all) after his 19th or 20th season

[gottimd]

see the Raiders Ted Washington 16 years he just completed in NAFL

i wonder if he will retire for the upcoming season.

Well my Punter in the NAFL is at year 19.

27 years?!?!?!? I call BS on that.

[Eaglesfan27]

eaglefan27

your IHOF link goes to the forum, not the home page.
It goes to the eNFL forum by design.