Patriots still have depth on security, with starters Devin McCourty and Adrian Phillips, and the team’s first pick in the 2020 draft, Kyle Dugger, returns this year.
FOXBOROUGH – The veteran safety of the New England Patriots Patrick Chung, who expected to play this season after choosing not to play the 2020 campaign due to the coronavirus pandemic, has changed course and announced his retirement next Thursday.
GeneralThe 33-year-old wrote on his Instagram account that “it is time to start a new life”.
It would have been the twelfth campaign NFL in front of General, and eleventh with PatriotsHe played in 153 regular season games, with 122 starts, in addition to 23 playoff games, with a further 20 starts.
Originally signed to the team as a 2009 second round concept pick Oregon General was part of three Super Bowl champion teams in New EnglandHe spent a campaign with the Philadelphia Eagles, in 2013, but returned the following season and said the only coach he intended to play for was Bill Belichick
In his Instagram post, General said he announced his retirement with tears, thanking Belichick for ‘teaching me life on and off the field’.
General, whose toughness, versatility and work ethic have often been praised by Belichick, is the only player in the history of the NFL to appear in the playoffs in each of its first 11 seasons. He was selected as a member of the Patriots’ Team of the 2010s.
General chose not to play in 2020 due to family considerations, commenting in an interview with CBS, “It was a tough decision. You want to play football. I’m on the last leg of my career, but when it comes down to it, I’ve got it. feeling that money is not important I have a girlfriend who is pregnant, a baby is coming soon, my son has asthma, my father is 75 years old I thought it was just the best decision for my family and to keep everyone healthy I don’t know it’s over, it’s just been kind of delayed. ”
With that in mind General had recently trained Gillette Stadium, implying that he wanted to play in 2021. But things have clearly changed in recent weeks.
The Patriots have depth on the safety position, with the headlines Devin McCourty Y Adrian Phillips, and the team’s first choice from the 2020 concept, Kyle Dugger, going back. They also hit a four-year $ 24 million deal with the defensive defender. Jalen Mills, who last season with the Eagles