Pat Mcafee retires?
 

So what would make a guy quit a $3 million a year job?
He said injuries...

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Yeah I kinda thought that was a head scratcher too. If all I had to do to earn that kinda money was punt a football for 4-5 months out of the year I'd keep that job as long as possible.

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As I understand it 3 knee surgeries the last couple of years and more of them on the horizon.

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He is a funny dude:

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I've never heard of a punter or kicker willingly give up his career as long as they were still offered work. If injuries are his problem, that's kind of odd coming from a punter.

What exactly is he going to do now? It won't get any easier than what he had.

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He has accepted a position with Barstool sports and i think he has a good chance of makin a career in TV and comedy.

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Punting is still easier than that, lol. For TV, you have to prep for shows, year round. 3 million a year to kick a ball, and sit through some basic special teams meetings for a couple of months a year would be a pretty sweet job.

I guess he just got bored. He could have gotten into comedy at any time after his career. It's just odd to me.

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I agree. He is on Bob & Tom on a regular basis and is pretty damn funny. The guy has a good shot of making a career of it. He doesn't seem to be the flamboyant type. So, after 8 years in the NFL he should have some serious jack stashed.

Why not go out on your terms and do something you 1) enjoy and 2) can do for the next 10 or 20 years.

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He's a much better comedian. Probably get some acting rolls as well.

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Money isn't nearly as important to people who already have it.

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I will be putting that one in my quote book.

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Thanks, I though it was brilliant but I'm way too easily impressed.:p

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One of mine came up when my teenagers told me that my problem was I always thought I was right. To this I replied. "I did think I was wrong once, but I was mistaken."

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It's his life, if that's what he wants to do that's fine and all. It's just that he's something like 29 years old. He couldn't hack a couple more years in the NFL before going the comedy route? You can do comedy until you die, but unless you are really, really funny, that will only go so far. That's just my personal take, if I were in his position.

But if this is what he wants to do, more power to him.