Let me ask you this question.

Now you retired, but you retired like in a very timely fashion.

Do we have an issue with the timing of Darren Waller or is it like,

oh man, it's a tough decision? Look I look it's I don't think it was as

tough a decision as we are making it out to be mainly because he'd already moved

on to whatever he's doing next right and similar And similar to when I were talking, I knew what I was doing next,

and exactly what I wanted to do. I want to get into media, I started working for the Today show. It was, I was out the door the minute I was took the uniform off for the last time.

So I almost feel like he was playing both against each other.

Like if this thing doesn't work out, if I can't produce a record and I can't you know get into this new world

then I'll come back and play football for another year and then I'll figure it out after that

but once he kind of had it sorted even though whether you like it or not is it doesn't matter like he's in that industry now it was obvious he was going to retire

It felt that way for a while it just really did you never got the sense that he was itching to be there like itching to be back with the

giants and look he made good money sound a three year 51 million dollar deal with the

Raiders back after his really good season, missed some years.

He's also been battling injuries, man.

So like if you're good at something

and you just can't stay healthy, it gets frustrating.

Yeah.

So I am not surprised by this at all.

I also feel the need to defend Joe Shane.

I kind of have to because, yeah, I get it.

Darren Waller retiring kind of puts the final exclamation point on a failed trade.

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