PaSlickWilly139
Bench Warmer
I really enjoyed watching Troy play and will be surely remembered.
Troy Brown was too short and too slow. He couldn’t make the big play. His NFL career was bound to be brief.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
In 15 NFL seasons, all with the New England Patriots, the eighth-round draft choice kept disproving those assumptions. Brown holds the team record for career catches—and also returned punts and kickoffs, made interceptions and helped win three championships.
Finally, the 5-foot-10 wide receiver decided he can’t keep up with younger players.
“I can’t think of anything better in life to do than to enjoy a Sunday afternoon playing football,” Brown said Thursday, “and now I enjoy those Sunday afternoons watching football and still saying in my head, `I can make that play.’ “
But at 37, the soft-spoken Brown, who hasn’t played this season, conceded, “You can’t outrun Father Time,” and so he announced his retirement while fighting back tears. “It’s just kind of hard to let it go.”
Troy Brown was too short and too slow. He couldn’t make the big play. His NFL career was bound to be brief.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
In 15 NFL seasons, all with the New England Patriots, the eighth-round draft choice kept disproving those assumptions. Brown holds the team record for career catches—and also returned punts and kickoffs, made interceptions and helped win three championships.
Finally, the 5-foot-10 wide receiver decided he can’t keep up with younger players.
“I can’t think of anything better in life to do than to enjoy a Sunday afternoon playing football,” Brown said Thursday, “and now I enjoy those Sunday afternoons watching football and still saying in my head, `I can make that play.’ “
But at 37, the soft-spoken Brown, who hasn’t played this season, conceded, “You can’t outrun Father Time,” and so he announced his retirement while fighting back tears. “It’s just kind of hard to let it go.”
