Now that the golden confetti of Super Bowl 50 and the blue and orange confetti of the Denver Broncos' championship parade has settled, the NFL is lacking in any real action until the combine and the Draft. So what comes next for the elder group of NFL stars? A few guys have already retired, with Marshawn Lynch posting a photo on Instagram of his cleats hung up, and Calvin Johnson telling close friends that he's leaning towards retirement. What a bummer, losing two of the best nicknames in the NFL.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE OLD GUYS? Well as I mentioned before, both Beast Mode and Megatron are going to be out the door of the NFl, and so young too. Lynch is 29, and Johnson is 30. Both of which have relatively young careers going and are some of the best at what they do. With the league losing them, the number of good running backs drops by one, and the number of amazing receivers drops by one. This situation with Lynch reminds me a bit of another running back who retired a bit early in my opinion: Tiki Barber. Tiki retired when he was 30, which is about the same age as Lynch. Understandably, Lynch is coming off an injury-riddled season in which he didn't produce much for the Seahawks. Barber, in his final season, ran for 1,662 yards and five scores, as well as go into the playoffs as the 6 seed in the NFC. Barber took a beating in the NFL, as he carried the NY Giants quite often, and Lynch has been the same way. PEYTON'S LEGACY Another old guy who could possibly leave the NFL this offseason is Peyton Manning. Coming off of a Super Bowl win (which he was a bit more excited about than Eli) he should ideally retire into the sunset and go and live his life with his family. But will he do that? In Peyton's best interest, retirement is the best option. He loves the game a lot so it would be hard for him to give it up, but what more does he have to prove? He wont catch Tom Brady and his four rings any time soon, and he's already a first-ballot HOFer, so what else does he have to add to his legacy? In my opinion, playing any longer would only hurt his legacy, as there would most likely be a legitimate quarterback competition in Denver at the start of next season. The Sheriff should ride his bronco into the sunset as the hero who slayed Superman, and live a normal life. RULE CHANGES This past offseason saw the implementation of the 33-yard extra point, which proved to be exciting and not to mention a little bit ironic. One of the leading spokesmen of the longer XP was Bill Belichick, who's team got beat in the AFC Championship because of a failed two-point attempt. Why is that ironic? Well in case you didn't know, Stephen Gostkowski, who has missed just one extra point in his REGULAR SEASON CAREER missed one in the postseason which made the Pats go for two at the end and fall flat on their faces. Ha, karma is certainly rude isn't it Bill? Any way, that brings us to the question of: what rule changes are coming this season for the NFL? Well it doesn't really matter as long as the NFL fixes the catch rule. So many times have we seen a guy lose a catch because of the rules, yet another makes the same play and his is called a catch. The rule seems to vary from each officiating crew to the next. Of course, the NFL could fix the rules and make them uniform, which would at least cut down on the "Dez caught it" type debates. Well that does it for the first article of Rhett's Ramblings. I hope you enjoyed it, and don't forget to listen to the RationalFanz podcast on youtube. (and by the way, Dez did catch it)
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