Dont you love when...

[BooShay]

your starting RT retires. Especially at the age of 26

Quote:

Buffalo Bills starting right tackle Brad Butler announced his retirement Thursday. The news comes as a surprise to the Bills after Butler, who's 26, just completed his fourth NFL season. » Blog Blitz: Bills Butler majored in government studies at Virginia, and he spent the 2008 offseason interning at Kemp Partners in Washington D.C. with late Bills quarterback and U.S. congressman Jack Kemp. "My passion for education, country and community is something that I am ready to devote my full attention to," Butler said in a statement released by the team. "I believe the best way to pursue these spheres of interest is to step away from the game of football at this point in my life." Butler started all but two of the 33 career games he played in after being drafted in the fifth round of the 2006 draft. He was limited to just two games in 2009 after sustaining a serious knee injury in Week 2 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

[SPTO]

"sigh"

At least he has a higher calling in life and hey, after that horrendous knee injury I don't blame him for wanting to get out of the game while he can still walk but sheesh this is NOT what the Bills needed.

[TheMatrix31]

Wow man, thats crazy!

[SouthernBrick]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

Wow man, thats crazy!

Yeah that is.

Anyone wanna find out who the youngest player to ever retire from the NFL is that didn't involve a serious injury or age to take them out of the game?

I would like to know because, this definitely doesn't happen a lot unless a lot of unknown guys in the NFL do this. Bad news for Bills fans.

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Quote: Originally Posted by AnyGivenSunday

Yeah that is. Anyone wanna find out who the youngest player to ever retire from the NFL is that didn't involve a serious injury or age to take them out of the game? I would like to know because, this definitely doesn't happen a lot unless a lot of unknown guys in the NFL do this. Bad news for Bills fans.

Quinn Pitcock

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Quote: Originally Posted by Dislimb

Quinn Pitcock

i wondered why he retired Quinn Pit****

[Evan_OS]

Thats just ridiculous.

[elgreazy1]

Well, not everyone who plays the game loves it, so I can't blame him. The sport is so grueling and so taxing that it gets to everyone at some point. Even still, it takes a very strong conviction to be able to walk away and pursue one's own dreams. At least he did this early in the offseason so the organization can work around it. Good luck to him.