The Giants have spent three months awaiting Darren Waller’s retirement decision after the tight end revealed in March that he was considering stepping away. They now have their answer.
Waller is indeed retiring from the NFL after nine seasons, the last of which was spent in New York. He informed the team on Sunday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The decision caps a whirlwind of an offseason for the former Pro-Bowler, who divorced WNBA star Kelsey Plum in April and recently released a bizarre song and music video about the split. Waller’s retirement talk began well before the divorce, so calling off his football career has been on his mind for some time.
Here’s a closer look at why Waller decided to retire after one season with the Giants.
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Why did Darren Waller retire?
Waller told The Athletic in March that he wasn’t sure he would be “all the way in” if he played another season.
“It’s really the idea of signing up for another journey,” Waller said, “It’s tough, it’s long, it requires a lot. And if you’re not fully bought into every single thing of the process, it’s going to be tough.”
Waller explained that playing without being fully committed is a “disservice” to the rest of the team, and he…
