Tedy Bruschi Retires.

I've been blogging about baseball for the past few days. And I have forgotten, well not really forgotten, but have kind of gone away from the NFL a little bit. Well, today, I have news that Tedy Bruschi, linebacker for the New England Patriots has retired. After 13 seasons he decided that it was best for him to retire. He has 3 superbowl titles that he won alongside Tom Brady in 2001, 2003 and 2004(these are the seasons, super bowls were played in the following year). He, indeed, was a very good linebacker. I'm actually sad that he's gone. I remember in the 2007 season when the Patriots won every game of the season; he almost never let an opposing team's quarterback complete a pass. He was part of the reason why the Patriots did so well that season. He stated in the press conferece, "I'm 36 years old. Your body doesn't heal as quickly." (Associated Press). I believe that 36 years old and still playing the game of football is a great accomplishment for anybody. Football is a very physical game. One in which your life is on the line. Everybody remembers what happened to Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills in 2007. His career is over because of that injury. I think being susceptible to injury is one of the reasons Bruschi called it quits this year. He had a stroke in 2005 and he certainly doesn't want it to happen again, let alone, get worse. Many players retire without a championship. However, Tedy has the pleasure of retiring with three of them. Not only that, he is in good health and he can remember about all the great things he did on and off the field during his thirteen years as an NFL player. I remember back in 2008, right before Super Bowl XLII started; FOX had a feature into the life of Tedy Bruschi. They showed us what he does in his spare time. During the video, he was surfing and talking about a possible retirement(probably if the Patriots had won he would have retired then). The commentators said that after Tedy retires, he would go to the beach in San Diego and just surf away. I hope he does that today and enjoys his retirement. Of course, he is only 36, so he can go into another career or business. But for right now, surf's up dude!