Roos thinking about retiring.

[Nick_81]

Don't want Roos anyway, old and has a significant injury history.

What?  Old I can understand, but "significant injury history?"  In 9 seasons he started every game but 1.  In his 10th season, he was put on IR.  If that's considered significant, then I don't know how the hell this team will get anyone in here to help.

[Captain Morgan]

I'm all for drafting at LT and signing Roos for a year or two.  2 positions you don't want to start

a rookie, unless they are hall of fame kind of guys.....OT and DE.

 

Would be more happy with Peat in the first like Kiper projects if we have a vet to mentor him.

 

and we don't.

[gettlemanjack]

I bet he'll play another year or two.

All I'm saying is it's not as easy as people think to walk away from the game. You'd have to really really really not like playing to retire when teams are still calling you. Obviously anything could happen but if I had to bet one way or another I'd say he returns.

Roos would be a great signing if we could get him for very very cheap. Even if we do draft a top OT, it will likely take him at least half a season to get up to speed

However, based on Roos' own comments, it sounds like he is done. And even if he does decide to keep playing, he has several red flag:

1) bad knee. Going to need top doctors to evaluate that and make sure it checks out

2) old. He'll be 33 next season which is about the time players aren't very good anymore. To make it worse, he has been out of football since October due to injury so he has a lot of ground to make up. Look how small guys like Gross and Faneca got shortly after they quit playing

3) Doesn't sound like he wants to play, sounds like his heart isn't into it anymore. Doesn't sound like a guy that enjoys the grind of being an NFL player anymore...

this all is from what Roos told the press recently when he showed up at the Titans locker-cleaning day at the end of the season. It was the first time the press met with him since he was placed on IR in October:

asked about retirement Roos said: "That's a very strong consideration for (me)."

He was placed on injured reserve in October and he said he had "a variation of microfracture (surgery)" on his right knee. As he described it, a piece of bone came loose, so doctors cleaned out the area, drilled new holes and used new bone from his knee to fill holes.

"The way it was done, it is not great to come back and play on these types of injuries," Roos said. "But the way Dr. (Burton) Elrod did it, there's a possibility if I want to."

“I think my mind will allow me to walk away before my body will. I think even if I know my body can do it, it’s the mental part of it that’s probably going to be the reason. ... It has been 10 years and it's been a lot of fun, but mentally it starts taking a drain on you."

[csx]

Maybe we can talk Michael Munoz to get back into football to team up with Duron.

[PanthersBigD]

Remember the guy that we signed from the Colts I think, and he retired before the season started and gave back his signing bonus? We haven't had good luck with FA linemen toying with the idea of retirement...

[bandu]

i am wary of any old hog mollies with bum knees because it's a terrible combination for a LT.

[Snake]

LT is def very thin this year. Still the truth is we could not do much worse than Bell. Even if we sign a stop gap he will not be any worse.