The New York Giants did not stay as much as expectations within the 2023 season as they missed the playoffs regardless of a robust 2022 marketing campaign.
New York was ravaged by accidents, particularly offensively because the offensive line took hit after hit whereas Daniel Jones was misplaced for the second half of the yr after tearing his ACL.
With so many rotating items, there was no hope for the Giants to climb again into the playoff race and thus went into the offseason with a number of questions concerning the roster.
Darren Waller was thought of a giant get for New York however he, too, struggled to remain on the sphere.
With so many accidents underneath his belt, Waller in the end determined to retire from the NFL.
In an look on the The Rush Podcast, Waller defined he first began contemplating retiring in the midst of a recreation towards the Buffalo Payments the place he was requested to dam on a play.
“We’re having a lot of success with this Y counter lead play, so I’m damn near playing fullback,” Waller mentioned.
Darren Waller on the second he began contemplating retirement 😳
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Waller famous that he didn’t wish to act as a lead blocker on the sphere, however as a substitute wished to be a receiver.
It’s comprehensible that Waller felt that manner contemplating he was as soon as probably the greatest receiving tight ends within the NFL at his peak.
It will need to have been laborious for somebody like Waller to be requested to do one thing fully totally different on the sphere, however it appears like he’s discovered peace in retirement and is transitioning to the subsequent a part of his life.
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