The NFL ain’t for everyone. Offensive lineman John Moffitt leaves behind more than $1 million on his contract after deciding he wasn’t happy & quit the NFL. It’s not always about money people. Check out why he’s leaving so early in his career. Details after the jump…
Via FoxSports:
Moffitt, who was dealt in a preseason trade from the Seahawks, saw little to no playing time in Denver. He claims the latter didn’t affect his decision and that he wants to leave the game on his own terms.
Moffitt announced his retirement on Twitter and called the Broncos from his house in Seattle to inform them that he didn’t want to risk his health playing the game any longer.
“I just really thought about it and decided I’m not happy. I’m not happy at all,” Moffitt, 27, told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Seattle. “And I think it’s really madness to risk your body, risk your well-being and risk your happiness for money.”
“Everybody, they just don’t get it and they think it’s crazy. But I think what I was doing is crazy.”
“I’ve saved enough. It’s not like I’m sitting here and I’m a millionaire,” he said. “That’s what I kind of realized. I’m sitting here and I got to this point and I was like, what is the number that you need? How much do you really need? What do you want in life? And I decided that I don’t really need to be a millionaire.
“I just want to be happy. And I find that people that have the least in life are sometimes the happiest. And I don’t have the least in life. I have enough in life. And I won’t sacrifice my health for that.”
