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Terron Armstead retired from the NFL after 12 seasons with the Saints and the Miami Dolphins of New Orleans, and has not saved any detail by explaining why now is the right time to get away from the game.
It is the first time since I was 5 years old, a total of 28 years, who will not play for a football team this fall. However, Armstead shared some stories of exhausting injuries that led the offensive Tackle to hang their tacos.
Why did the 33 -year -old shared his trip of personal injury? Now outside looking in, he wants to be the voice for players who go through similar situations in the NFL today.
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Terron Armstead on the red carpet before the NFL honors of the Super Bowl Lix at the Saenger Theater. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
“Now that I have finished, I would like to start sharing more of my stories because there are players who are actively playing that they are dealing with similar situations,” Pak Gazette Digital told Fanatics Fest on Friday.
“So, I want to be a voice for them and allow fans to know that they can’t necessarily talk about their injury. Because you never want to have those excuses incorporated before a game, as ‘I lost in this play for my knee’. Do you know what I mean?
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For NFL fans, sometimes it is lost in the heat of competition and prominent. Years of training and competition on the grill affects, and Armstead said that his ailment was a knee injury that he constantly had to fight since his third year in the League.
“I didn’t see a field of practice at all, and not because I didn’t want or the Dolphins just wanted me to rest. It’s as if I could not walk,” he said during an appearance in the “Cup show.”
The Miami Dolphins offensive Tackle, Terron Armstead, #72, during the game against the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on November 28, 2024. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn images)
“After a game on Sunday, I couldn’t walk alone, under my own power, until Wednesday, Thursday. So, I could only play under the pain meds. I couldn’t press my knee, so it was like, I can’t keep doing that to myself.”
So, no, Armstead will not be one of those retirees who will have the need to return to the field 1.
“I think I’ve finished, I’m at peace with that. I am excited to be on this side to talk about the game, share my knowledge and experience.
Terron Armstead walks along the blue carpet in the iconic 40/40 club of Jay-Z in association with fanatics sportsbook at the Fanatics Fest NyC center at the Javits Center on June 20, 2025 in New York City. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Fanatics)
“After being in the game for so long and playing football for so long since I was five years, it is bittersweet.
While it can be out of place, Armstead still wants to have an impact on the game he loves a lot, especially for those players who continue to put their bodies on the line every year to find a Super Bowl title along with their teammates.
