Football Wow Chris Borland retires - Page 2

In58men · 03-16-2015, 08:17 PM

@chris_buckle: Breaking from @OTLonESPN: 49ers LB Chris Borland retiring b/c of concerns about long-term effects of head trauma: http://t.co/fUnFQYUZN5

Pasta Little Brioni · 03-16-2015, 08:35 PM

So uh are we gonna have more creepy Niner dudes coming this way after the disaster off-season out in San Fran?

rtmike · 03-16-2015, 08:35 PM

They also lost A. Smith's back up Dan Skuta on top of Willis' retirement.

Hootie · 03-16-2015, 08:38 PM

Wow. He was a damn good rookie, too

tk13 · 03-16-2015, 08:40 PM

Fourth guy under 30 years old to retire in the last week. That's something. I don't expect this to become common where rookies are quitting, but I do wonder if some guys will start retiring earlier.

In58men · 03-16-2015, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

no he's right, apparently they used it to trade back for a couple of picks and one of them was Borland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NF...t#cite_note-58

Good call

**wazu** · 03-16-2015, 08:46 PM

This seems to be a very 49er thing to do. I remember Glen Coffee doing it a few years ago. Said God didn't want him to play football. So he quit and became a paratrooper.

O.city · 03-16-2015, 08:47 PM

Seems like something fishy going on in San fran. Weird

GloryDayz · 03-16-2015, 08:53 PM

Deleted before be called heartless...

Discuss Thrower · 03-16-2015, 08:54 PM

If it were any place but San Francisco it might be a worrying trend... Because the only other high profile retirement beside the ones mentioned here was the WVU QB who quit because he had a long record of concussions.

Mother****erJones · 03-16-2015, 09:31 PM

Good for him. As a Badger fan, he was a pleasure to watch. Borland was everywhere at Wisconsin. Didn't watch the niners much but I know he had a good rookie season. Was looking forward to seeing him full time there.

Mother****erJones · 03-16-2015, 09:32 PM

@ESPNNFL: Prominent players 30 or younger who have retired this offseason:

• Patrick Willis
• MJD
• Jake Locker
• Jason Worilds
• Chris Borland

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-16-2015, 09:33 PM

It's going to happen more and more, which just another reason why a team in London and elsewhere is just plain dumb, as is an 18 game season.

There aren't even enough QB's to around.

ViperVisor · 03-16-2015, 10:06 PM

Considering he'd have to churn out 2 more years before getting any millions with an extension sooner is better than later to retire for him.

jonzie04 · 03-16-2015, 10:35 PM

Strange as hell imo. He was in the mix for defensive rookie of the year. Id be pissed if I were the 49ers. I feel like that's something you should make known before you enter the draft. Oh by the way I might retire next year. I wonder if Justin Smith decides to hang it up.

Why Not? · 03-16-2015, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jonzie04

Strange as hell imo. He was in the mix for defensive rookie of the year. Id be pissed if I were the 49ers. I feel like that's something you should make known before you enter the draft. Oh by the way I might retire next year.

Why? It's common knowledge a team can and will cut you at any time, without prior notice. Take the $ and quit when you want. I do think that within the next 10 years the number of players that retire after about 3-5 years will grow in a major way. Smarter folks will realize they can make a few million and get a great jump start on life but still get out with all their capacities.

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