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Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:57 am
by PhilipNelsonFan
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3054911
The second-best fullback in the NFL is forced to retire early. He will be sorely missed and Seattle will be crushed.
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:10 am
by Monkeyfeng06
pretty sad. i like him a lot. a lot respect for him. i hope he's fine and he lives a full live.
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:13 am
by J.Kim
Poor guy.
Mack Strong is such a good Run Blocker. Probably the best in the league. Too bad his career had to end like this. IIRC, he was looking to retire a couple of seasons ago, when he was coaxed into returning by Holmgren and Alexander.
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:43 am
by Next Coming
Man that sucks.
So many serious injuries this year.
Re: Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:55 am
by NeedsMoreCheese
PhilipNelsonFan wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3054911
The second-best fullback in the NFL is forced to retire early. He will be sorely missed and Seattle will be crushed.
I guess, since he wasnt planning on retiring quite yet. (Or maybe he was according to this quote
"And I think I kind of coaxed him into playing the last couple years," Holmgren said. )But i dont like that classification of the retiring early since hes 36 and has played in the nfl 15 years.
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:57 am
by UrbanLegendMD
Good luck in life after football. Shaun Alexander will miss you
Re: Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:51 am
by AbdicatedReign
PhilipNelsonFan wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3054911
The second-best fullback in the NFL is forced to retire early. He will be sorely missed and Seattle will be crushed.
Curious, who's the best?
Re: Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:53 am
by SportsWorld
AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Curious, who's the best?
Alstott?
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 7:20 am
by *AmarePHX1*
that sux
Re: Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 12:28 pm
by PhilipNelsonFan
AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Curious, who's the best?
Lorenzo Neal.
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:01 pm
by Icness
Nice to see so may people appreciate a truly underappreciated role player. Strong will be missed.
Re: Mack Strong's Career is Over
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:56 pm
by J.Kim
SportsWorld wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Alstott?
Alstott, good blocker?
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:34 pm
by alwayslovetheceltics
Icness wrote:Nice to see so may people appreciate a truly underappreciated role player. Strong will be missed.
this guy was class act and a true pleasure to watch. been up there with best run blockers for a long time. i will miss wathching this guy. and yes as somebody noted, shuan alexander will also really miss him. i mean REALLY miss him
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:46 pm
by Basketball Jesus
Alstott was a FB in name only, kind of like Dallas Clark
Posted: Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:52 pm
by bigrich88
i was sad when i read this, even though he probably wouldve retired eventually anyway, it was inspriational to me that he couldn't afford luggage so he borrowed his moms and used garbage bags for his sneakers when he first came on with the seahawks, and eventually develops into a top FB in the NFL.