Posted on 08/13/2006 12:13:48 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
Hall of a career? Junior Seau to retire Monday
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO -- Junior Seau, a 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played with the San Diego Chargers and the Miami Dolphins during a 16-year NFL career, will announce his retirement Monday.
Seau will make the announcement at a news conference at Chargers Park on Monday afternoon, the team said in a statement Sunday.
The 37-year-old Seau spent the past three seasons with Miami after being acquired from San Diego.
He was released by the Dolphins in March after missing 17 games the past two years due to injury. He finished both seasons on injured reserve, and an Achilles tendon injury limited him to seven games in 2005. Seau ended the 2004 season on injured reserve because of a torn pectoral muscle.
In spring 2003 the Chargers, feeling that Seau's best years were behind him, allowed his agent to shop for a trade. Seau then was sent to Miami.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
If a linebacker deserves to be in the HoF based on his heart and love of the Game, it's Junior Seau. Well-deserved retirement, and a lot of QBs are breathing easier today.
I think so because given the way the selection for the Pro Football Hall of Fame works, Seau is a very likely first-ballot candidate winner, given that he was highly respected by his peers and well-liked by the media, too.
I don't think so. He might make it eventually, but there are only 16 linebackers in the HOF. I don't think he's between 17 and 20 all time. Probably more like in the low 20s.
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