![]() ![]() Tuck doesn't like the "R" word because he expects to be involved in football in some capacity. I'm looking forward to being able to do something else." It's hilarious I got hurt on the most fluky play ever, but it's part of it and maybe that was God trying to tell me something. "Physically, I feel like I can play with the best of them. "He was like, 'Bro, listen, I said the same thing.' And sure enough, when I got to 10, I thought, 'I ain't done yet.' "When I came into this league, I remember telling 'Stray' (Michael Strahan), 'If I get to 10 (years), I'm never coming back,' " Tuck said. With the younger of his two sons about to start school and his wife Lauran eager to work again, Tuck feels it's time to walk away. Now, after two years with the Oakland Raiders - the second of which ended with a pectoral injury after five games - he can't imagine mustering up the mental strength to do it all again. His family talked him back into playing by reminding him his deceased relatives loved watching him, so he returned for an eighth season with the New York Giants, and then for a ninth. Tuck, who is very close with his family in Kellyton, Ala., (dubbed "Tuckville" because of how many of his relatives live there), admitted he thought a few times about shutting it down for the season, though he never publicly disclosed he'd considered calling it quits for good, too. Unbeknownst to many, this tussle began for Tuck in February 2012, following the second Super Bowl victory of his career but also after a difficult few months that included a nagging neck injury and a run of deaths in the family - his grandfather and two uncles - that left him constantly grieving. ![]()
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