The 10 Best Final Seasons in NFL History

April 12, 2014   ·   Bryn Swartz   ·   Jump to comments

One of the hardest things for an NFL player to do is finish his career. Players rarely get to go out with a storybook ending, a la John Elway with the 1998 Denver Broncos or Ray Lewis with the 2012 Baltimore Ravens.
No, a player usually ends his career the way Donovan McNabb did. A six-time Pro Bowler from 1999 to 2009, McNabb's skills diminished so quickly that he was out of the league in 2011, just two years after his final Pro Bowl selection. Playing for weak Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings teams didn't help either. 
In the NFL, a player can go from elite to out of the league in no time. Besides McNabb, guys like Ed Reed and Nnamdi Asomugha fell off the face of the earth just a year or so after earning Pro Bowl selections.
The following slides will highlight the players throughout the league's history who walked away while they were still at their peak. Some of these players chose to walk away, while others suffered serious injuries and were forced to r...

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