However, for a lot of great players, the Superbowl is that one thing to cap a great career. It’s like the end-game or highest level. He’s broken so many records and became the best tight end in history. He works himself so hard to reach the highest level of greatness and to most, they need that Superbowl ring to reach that final peak. I can’t blame him for trying to be the best he can be in life and his career. That’s the kind of player you want on your team.

With Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards trying to rebuild but regressing and then having the front office implode to bring in Pioli and Haley, it’s only natural to think another rebuilding phase was coming. At his age, he couldn’t go through more growing pains of a rebuilding team. Being a mentally strong person to start off with, can you really blame him for finally cracking and agreeing to not stick it through another rebuilding phase? A 4-12 then 2-14 season with some heartbreaking losses (see KC @ SD where they “play to win the game”) can be really disheartening. He was tearing up on the sidelines after the loss. Tears of frustration. He’s only human in the end.

He’s loyal to his current team, but I know he can’t forget the 12 years in KC where he made a name for himself. Him leaving KC shouldn’t be taken personally. Being loyal to a fault is a foolish thing to do.

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