Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar
INDIANAPOLIS -- It's been 27 weeks since he dropped his bombshell on Comedy Central and stunned the city, declaring from that stage outside that bar in Houston that he was done with professional football at the age of 29. Give him credit: Pat McAfee made history that night. He has to be the first NFL player ever to retire on live TV while wearing a T-shirt that read “SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS.”
Three weeks shy of what would be his ninth NFL season, the greatest punter in Indianapolis Colts history strolls to the door of his sparkling new downtown office, dressed precisely as you’d expect a recent retiree to dress: jeans, a tank top, no shoes.