Every year in the NFL, there are a couple of standout players that finally decide to call it a career and retire. Most of the time you can see it coming from a mile away, while, other tim🌠es, the announcements come out of nowhere.
Retired players show up in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Madden via the Ultimate Team mode but disappear entirely from anything outside of that. Let's now look at 10 players who may retire in 2020 and disappear from Madden NFL 21, set to release in the Fall of 2020.
10 ﷽ Drew Brees
One of the first NFL players that comes to mind when you think about ret💮irement is Drew Brees. The 41-year-old New Orleans Saint is coming off of three straight seasons in which his team's playoff run ended in either a controversial or disappointing fashion.
It can be tough for players to bounce back from stuff like that, especially as they age and t꧑heir body and skills start to regress. Brees is unlikely to retire just yet, as he has a stellar roster around him and a one of a kind relationship with his coach, but it says something that he's taken it this long to make an annou♔ncement either way.
9 Jaso🉐n Witten 𓆏
Jason Witten is a unique case, as the veteran tight end has already gone꧟ through the retirement process once before. Unlike many others, Jason Witten didn't only come back to the NFL a year after officially retiring, he was able to play for the same team he retired from in the Dallas Cowboys.
With a recent coac🅠hing change, it's unclear if Witten sticks around or if they decide to move on from his services. With Witten specifically, it's also unclear whether he'd be open for playing with another organization or the idea of being a Dallas Cowboy for life means more.
8 Jason Peters ♌
Jason Peters is still one of the best left tackles in all of football, and, at the same time, it may be looking like he could hang up the cꦉleats this offseason. Peters recently turned 38 years old, which means h𒊎e's already beaten the odds when it comes to a career length for an offensive lineman.
In the last couple of years, he's had to deal with nagging injuries that ไhave seemed to grow in severity🌱 and it's limited his availability. He'll be a free agent entering the 2020 NFL offseason, and it's unclear what type of market he'll have for himself, or if he even wants to continue playing.
7 Greg Olsen ꦜ 🔴
When Carolina Panthers fans heard that🥀 the team and Greg Olsen decided to mutually part ways, it left them confused. They assumed that he might retire this offseason, but never did it seem like he'd play for another team. Retirement is still very much an outcome that could present itself for Olsen if the right situation doesn't present itself, but he wanted to have options. With the recent retirement of a tight end—which we'll talk about later—Olsen might have a chance to reunite with his former head coach, Ron Rivera in the nation's capital.
6 🦩 Terr🐭ell Suggs
As of February 3rd, 2020, Terrell Suggs is now the owner of two Super Bowl rings. Many people forget that he was claimed off of waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs in late 2019 after getting cut by the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Arizona Cardinals and has played a crucial part on the roster. He didn't play much, but his playoff experience and knowledge of the game no doubt helped Chris Jones, Fr🅘ank Clark, and the rest of that Chiefs front. Suggs got to see Ray Lewis win a Super Bowl and retire into the sunset back in 2013, and, with him now finishing his 17th season, he might want to do the same.
5 ꦰ Thomas Davis
Who would h𓃲ave thought that a year after the Carolina Panthers decided to move on from Walter Payton Man of the Year winner, and lifelong Panther great Thomas Davis, that his running mate Luke Kuechly would retire at the ripe age of 28?
In hindsight, the Panthers probably would have liked to keep Davis as they transitioned to finding a new face of the defense, but that's life sometimes. Davis had his best season since 2016 this year, but, at age 37 on a team likely getting a young 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:quarterback, will he want to believe in the process?
4 Danny Amendola ꧙
The two-time Super Bowl-winning receiver, Danny Amendola, just finished a one-year run with the Detroit Lions that has now left him as a free agent entering the NFL's 2020 offseason. Coming out of Texas Tech, it was unclear if Amendola would make a roster after going undrafted, but, 11 years later, he has racked up over 500 receptions and 5,000 yards in the NFL. The Detroit Lions have stated they love his veteran leadersh🎐ip and experience, so, if he doesn't decide to retire, don't be surprised if he signs back with the Lions on another one-year deal.
3 Vernon Davis 🍌
Vernon Davis is the first of three cheats on this list as the once feared speedy tight end has finally decided to retire from the game. Davis was most known for his days in San Francisco where he showed what having 4.2 speed at the y-position can do for a team. He was a monster for many years and even happened to co🉐ntribute to the Washington Redskins for several years. There's no doubt that he'll be entering the Hall of Fame, as he not only produced at his position but evolved it in ways we're still seeing to this day.
2 ও🍸 Luke Kuechly
This may be the second cheat on this list, but, boy, was it a shocker to the entire NFL world when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Luke Kuechly announced his retirement in early 2020. For most people, it came out of nowhere,🦩 but, when we heard Kuechly speak about his decision, it seemed like this was a medical-related situation that forced him to retire.
Fans will likely see his face and hear his voice in the years to 🎃c💖ome, as it's unlikely a football mind like his doesn't enter the coaching ranks in some capacity. Look for him to get a pretty sweet legendary card in next year's game.
1 ♛ Eli Manning
The last of 🅺the three cheats for this list is the Big Apple man himself, Eli Manning. His career in and of itself is , as fans can't decide whether he deserves to enter the Hall of Fame. Outside of beating the New England Patriots for each of his two Super Bowl rings, Manning's career was pretty averag𒁃e. He finished with a perfect .500 career record, and his touchdown to interception ratio is less than favorable. For two postseasons, though, he came in clutch and played on a level no one thought he was capable of, which happened to be in the most important games of his life.