Herb is starting to get a little cheeky. He dropped a "4" on our roster strength at the end of last year. End of an era indeed.
Along the same lines, RT Sean Flowers, who played a lot of LT for us and dominated all manner of trade musings, hung them up after 11 seasons. He's one of the guys who won 5 rings with us. We made the playoffs every year after he came aboard. I don't know if he'll get HOF consideration but he was a big part of what we did.
Also...
Blackledge called it quits too. He retires with 149 sacks, and he's the career record holder for sacks and hurries in this universe. We were chasing 171, and he had 22 in his playoff career if you want be a little expansive. I guess that was enough of an excuse for him to wriggle out of his fundamental duty to wither away chasing stats for my amusement.
He'll be a surefire Hall of Famer and we'll clap politely. On to the next one. There might be a new 171 challenger in this draft.