It’s been a difficult season for the Detroit Lions, but it’s even worse for Damon Harrison who addressed the media after the season finale where he discussed why he was considering a possible retirement from the game.
“My mind state is telling me I can do it, but my body is just not there.”
“I mean at this point, everything is on the table,” Harrison said. “Obviously, it wasn’t the type of year that I am used to having and that I wanted to have. It’s been tough. I’ve dealt with some injuries all year, so. I wasn’t ever able to get back to the form that I am used to. I have too much pride, man. I have been doing this too long. So if I can’t be the player that I am used to being I think my teammates deserve better, my family deserves better. I never cheated the game a day in my life.”
“Physically, I have been hurting,” he said. “It is something new every week. I am really just tired of hurting.”
Harrison made it clear that nothing is settled at this point.
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“I have to talk it over with my family,” Harrison said, “try to see some different options. But if I do walk away, I am not ashamed. I don’t feel bad because I gave it everything I had, even when it wasn’t good enough.”
Harrison had a very good 2018 season to the point the Lions gave him an $11 million extension prior to this season that keeps him under contract through 2021.
