Mack Strong's Career is Over

Post #1 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:57 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3054911

:cry:

The second-best fullback in the NFL is forced to retire early. He will be sorely missed and Seattle will be crushed.

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #2 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:10 am

pretty sad. i like him a lot. a lot respect for him. i hope he's fine and he lives a full live.

Post #3 » by **J.Kim** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:13 am

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.

Post #4 » by **Next Coming** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:43 am

Man that sucks.

So many serious injuries this year.

NeedsMoreCheese · Post #5 » by **NeedsMoreCheese** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:55 am

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.

UrbanLegendMD · Post #6 » by **UrbanLegendMD** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:57 am

Good luck in life after football. Shaun Alexander will miss you

AbdicatedReign · Post #7 » by **AbdicatedReign** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:51 am

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?

SportsWorld · Post #8 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:53 am

AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Curious, who's the best?

Alstott?

*AmarePHX1* · Post #9 » by ***AmarePHX1*** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 7:20 am

that sux

Post #10 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 12:28 pm

AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Curious, who's the best?

Lorenzo Neal.

Post #11 » by **Icness** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:01 pm

Nice to see so may people appreciate a truly underappreciated role player. Strong will be missed.

Post #12 » by **J.Kim** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:56 pm

SportsWorld wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Alstott?

Alstott, good blocker?

:lol:

alwayslovetheceltics · Post #13 » by **alwayslovetheceltics** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:34 pm

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

Post #14 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:46 pm

Alstott was a FB in name only, kind of like Dallas Clark

bigrich88 · Post #15 » by **bigrich88** » Tue Oct 9, 2007 3:52 pm

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.