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Strahan Retires...

Yes, non-dolphin item but hey, this is still June and not so long ago there were posts on dancing contests :)

 

So it looks like the Giants Strahan has decided to hang it up. You have to say, he is going out on top rather than being one of those guys who tries to play one more season and usually, ends in disappointment. John Elway not included.

 

Any Strahan fans out there? detractors? Do you think it will affect next year's NFC races? Will the Giants falter because of this?

 

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Strahan: “I’m finished with that phase”

Michael Strahan put the finishing touch on his brilliant 15-year career in Arizona last February, as the future Hall of Fame defensive end helped the New York Giants to a stunning upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

It took another four months, however, for Strahan to decide he was done.

On Monday morning, Strahan awakened in the Southern California desert and concluded that he would retire, learned in a story first reported by foxsports.com. “Woke up and decided that I’m finished with that phase,” Strahan told Y! Sports via email. “Time to move on. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile and didn’t want to prolong the inevitable.”

Like Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, who ended his career after leading the Denver Broncos to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIII nine years earlier, Strahan ends his career in storybook fashion. However, Strahan resisted the temptation to try to emulate Elway by winning a second consecutive ring after a career of continually coming up short.

“I just saw Elway this weekend (at a golf tourney in Palm Springs),” Strahan wrote, “and to win two in a row is a great feat – but too hard for me to imagine.”

Strahan ends his career with 141½ regular season sacks, which is fifth on the NFL’s all-time list. He was voted to seven Pro Bowls and was the NFL’s defensive player of the year in 2001, when he set a single-season sack record with 22½. Two years later, he led the league with 18½ sacks.

In New York’s 17-14 victory over the Pats in the Super Bowl, Strahan keyed a ferocious pass rush that tormented Tom Brady all game. Strahan had a sack, two quarterback hurries, four hits on Brady and a pass defensed.

The personable and intelligent Strahan is likely to be courted as a broadcaster by numerous networks.

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I never really liked Strahan just because...

...living in the area that I do, I was forced to constantly hear about him. And that single season sack record is a sham. There needs to be an * next to it. Favre and the Packers let him get it.

But with that said, Strahan was a great player and he seems like a good person. So while I may dislike him, I do wish him the best in his life after football.

by Matty I on Jun 9, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha!

maybe we can expect good ole Brett to give the keynote for Strahan’s HOF induction.

by Natalya on Jun 9, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He beat the season sack record held by a Jet and helped upset the undefeated Pats.

He’s okay to me.

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y not if im wrong who will remember

by qbinfin on Apr 27, 2008 3:27 PM PDT

by DolfinPhan on Jun 9, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least he is making the decision now instead of stringing everyone along

like Favre did the past few years. :)

....ummm… as long as he doesn’t un-retire next month, that it.

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Jun 9, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

When asked...

...what he’d do next Strahan said, “DWTS, of course. I’m going to be a movie star!!!”

www.thephinisher.com

by The Phinisher on Jun 9, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dolphins connection

Might the Giants be interested in Jason Taylor now? Pass rushing got them the Super Bowl win, so I’m sure they would hate to take a step backward in that department. NYC is a major media market and they’re obviously a contender, so JT would enjoy that environment…

by ZIM on Jun 10, 2008 11:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe...

It would be basically putting in one talented, veteran pass rusher in place of another.

The Giants have lost their share of players on defense so there is that possibility.

Although I think they have to feel pretty good about their current group of rushers with Tuck & Osi among them.

by Natalya on Jun 10, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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