Emmitt Thomas retires from NFL

NFL legend Emmitt Thomas announced his retirement from the game he loved on Wednesday and the response was overwhelming.

Emmitt Thomas is a living legend, not only in Kansas City but across the entire National Football League. That’s what happens when a player intercepts 58 passes in his 13-year career with the Chiefs, making the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That, of course, doesn’t even include his 38 total years of coaching.

On Wednesday, Thomas, who is now 75-years-old, said goodbye to a sport that first accepted him in his early twenties. The long road has been good to Thomas—including three Super Bowl rings, one as a player with the Chiefs and two more as a Washington Redskins coach with…