49ers third-year FS Eric Reid said he contemplated retirement

[SCP]

​that was probably one of the worst live hits i've ever seen.

Minter had the other one. 

Hell ya. You could see the hit coming for like 5 seconds. I was like "Holy poo! Palmer doesn't see him!" BOOOM

[TN05]

Hell ya. You could see the hit coming for like 5 seconds. I was like "Holy poo! Palmer doesn't see him!" BOOOM

Palmer had it coming. It is incredibly dumb to scramble way out of the pocket and then set your feet for a throw. 

[LinvilleGorge]

TD ruined some dude from the Packers on a kickoff his rookie year.

​Terrence Murphy.  He was a rookie too, their second round pick that year.  That kid never played again.

On a side note, I was actually the person who told TD that he ended that guy's career.

[motocross_cat]

Maybe its just me but coming from some one like me and im sure many of us on here who have had to claw for every dollar doing work for other ppl that you really dont want to do, how can you walk away from that much money especially when you make it doing something you love?  I guess money talks and bullshit walks?

[Frizzy350]

TD's hit on the niners RB (Gore?) to cause that fumble in our low scoring 2013 affair was pretty vicious.

[LinvilleGorge]

Maybe its just me but coming from some one like me and im sure many of us on here who have had to claw for every dollar doing work for other ppl that you really dont want to do, how can you walk away from that much money especially when you make it doing something you love?  I guess money talks and bullshit walks?

I think some of these guys aren't thinking it through.  They haven't been out there working a 9-5 that they honestly couldn't care less about for pennies on the dollar of what they could be making playing football.  A year or two of doing that and they may wake up and realize that making millions to play a game was a pretty damn good gig.

[t96]

Maybe its just me but coming from some one like me and im sure many of us on here who have had to claw for every dollar doing work for other ppl that you really dont want to do, how can you walk away from that much money especially when you make it doing something you love?  I guess money talks and bullshit walks?

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I think some of these guys aren't thinking it through.  They haven't been out there working a 9-5 that they honestly couldn't care less about for pennies on the dollar of what they could be making playing football.  A year or two of doing that and they may wake up and realize that making millions to play a game was a pretty damn good gig.

​For some it's not worth the long term health risk. I'd rather be healthy than wealthy, and they've already made enough money to make a living off of, so whatever they feel is best is completely reasonable. And you say "doing something you love...." I can tell you for certain if they're retiring that young, they don't love playing the game.

[LinvilleGorge]

I hate to tell them, but life itself is a long-term health risk.  We're all gonna end up dying from something and very few of us will end up with the stories and $$$$$ of a professional athlete.

Better to burn out than fade away.

[csx]

I will never fault someone for valuing their health and life over money. I respect everyone who sees past dollars as the single most important thing to attain.

[motocross_cat]

I will never fault someone for valuing their health and life over money. I respect everyone who sees past dollars as the single most important thing to attain.

I understand what your saying, but damn thats alot of cash to walk away from. Lol

[csx]

In the end he didn't do it.

[dpm0409]

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And the casual fans think that in college they "hit harder". What a freaking joke.

​People actually say this?

[O-Ther]

back when Deion Sanders signed with the Cowpunks for $20 million (or some ungodly amount for a non-QB in those days) he only half-joked about a nickel of that was for his tackling. I can vouch that a few people were turned off by that and started watching more college football instead because they perceived the college game as tougher than what the NFL was apparently turning into.

It's going to be ironic if the women that play that lingerie football league start getting more concussions than NFL players since it seems that women are at the forefront of the movement to make the game safer for the kids.

[nctarheel0619]

Dude just needs to tackle better.