Walter Jones Retiring

Walter Jones posted on his Twitter account "I have came to the concussion it is time for me to retire from football". Meaning the end of one of the NFLs greatest tackles career has come to an end. Jones holds the Seahawks all-time record in Pro Bowl selections with nine. He was selected in the first-round of the 1997 draft out of the University of Florida. He didn't play at all this year after having knee surgery in 2008 after his injury against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day.
He was a three time All-Pro and member of the 2000 All-Decade team.
It appears he will join Cortez Kennedy and Steve Largent in five-years as the three true Seahawks in the Hall of Fame. He played and started in all of his 180 games from 1997-2008. The next question will be when will his induction into the Ring of Honor take place?

Please check out the article I wrote for my blog: http://www.seahawkshuddle.com/forum...ter-jones-greatest-ot-all-time.html#post44706

Mike Sando is saying that Walter Jones said that he wouldn't announce it on Twitter if he did retire. He also said "football" instead of NFL, so there is a chance he is trying to be funny and saying football when he actually means soccer.

"What was you thinking.Everything is going good. Come on be serious you think I put that on Twitter."

Close one, lol.

Where did you get that phaze? I checked his Twitter nowhere does he Tweet that.

Mike Sando (espn_nfcwest) retweeted it. Probably was a direct message.

Maybe I checked Walt's he never tweeted it. Him or his agent were unavailable for comment on the topic. Sando doesn't believe him cause of his (Walt's) tendency to tweet jokingly which is why I don't know if I believe it or not, but fact is he did tweet it and that means retirement is on his mind. I know a lot of players who say they know the feeling of when it's ready to leave the game. Maybe he knows it and is going to wait to see what Seattle does with him. He still has 3 years left on his contract and a lot of money too, but maybe Walt doesn't want to risk being remembered for the injuries towards the end of the career. Even though we all know we'll remember him for what he did in Seattle.

Yeah, when I saw it I was trying to find out where it came from, but it was retweeted so it must have been a direct message...if you can retweet those the way Sando did. I guess there is also a chance that Big Walt said that then deleted it a few minutes later and Sando caught it before he did.

Yeah well I already got mine booked for this year (John Randle and Jerry) and hopefully I can book one next year for 'Tez!

Did Matt happen to say if it's real or not? I have yet to see anything official and you think there would be something by now.

I know what he said, but if it was real he would have come out by now. He also acted like he was retiring a few months ago so it's not new for him to joke about it.

I don't think Walt will play in 2010 or ever again in the NFL. I'm not sure this is his official announcement, but I think he has realized his time in the NFL and Seattle is coming to an end. Sad to know, but when you get that feeling you can't argue it.

Several of Walter Jones's advisors have told ESPNs Senior Writer Len Pasquarelli a Hall of Fame reporter that Jones will in fact retire this off-season.