Patrick Willis is retiring

[L-TownCat]

The 49ers are in a rush to get back to 2010.  Ya'll remember how bad we were that year?  Yeah we beat them that year.  I was there.  lol

[Daeavorn]

He is retiring for religious reasons.

[PandaPancake]

Guess I should have chose strength training with him instead of luxury car service

[stirs]

Niners gonna blow it up and start over

[Rook35200]

 

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Source: the #49ers are bracing themselves for the loss of LB Patrick Willis. Expecting him to retire.

10:08 AM - 9 Mar 2015

 

It's official we have the best LB in football now and theirs no contest.  Also the best tandem in TD and Luke.  

 

 

 

Damn, you beat me to it lol. I got a text late last night about this. lol This season is going to be fun out here in the bay area lol

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

Seems like just yesterday the best two LB's were Willis and Beason

 

Careers are so short

[teeray]

Dang

[Kakarot]

At one point, he was the best LB in the game and was on the path to the Hall of Fame.

Retired at the age of 30. Man, I wish I could do that lol

[RelaxImaPro]

Reportedly retiring for religious reasons.  49ers fans say he's been posting a lot of religious stuff on twitter this offseason.

 

http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/source-patrick-willis-is-retiring-after-religious-awakening/

 

In what has already been an extremely tumultuous offseason, the 49ers will now suffer perhaps their biggest blow yet: They are losing their All Pro and likely future Hall of Fame linebacker Patrick Willis to retirement, a source close to the organization said early Monday.

Willis has experienced a religious awakening of sorts, according to a source, and has decided to hang up his cleats as a result. Whispers surfaced late last week that the 49ers would be losing one of their most prized players unexpectedly. The player they are losing could not have been more important.

After being picked in the first round of the 2007 draft, Willis has been a stalwart on the 49ers defense. Now the 49ers will look to rookie sensation Chris Borland to fill his role permanently.

[TheRed]

Just the nature of the business unfortunately.

I have to wonder though if the way things have gone down recently in San Fran sped up the decision process for him.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

He probably saw all the retarded moves their FO is making and their bumbling idiot nobody HC and was like, fug this poo i'm retiring

[KendrickPanther]

Jon Beason and Patrick Willis should have been HoFers. Tough game that broke tough people.

[Mr. Scot]

He probably saw all the retarded moves their FO is making and their bumbling idiot nobody HC and was like, fug this poo i'm retiring

So the religious reason is 'God help this team'?

[MHS831]

I appreciate the position the Panthers are in more and more every day.