"I want to thank the Bears' organization for an incredible 16 years," Mannelly said on a conference call with Chicago reporters. "I wanted to go all-in with my rehab and working out. I said I was going to listen to my body and my body is tapping me on the back and saying, 'that's it, bud, I think you are done.' The body is just done. It's been an awesome 16 years and I'm fortunate to walk away. But the body is done. It's time to move forward to other things in life and I look forward to the next chapter.
"I wanted this to be my decision and didn't want to be influenced by anybody else."
Surprised to see that this wasn't posted here but thanks Pat!