FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Chris Hogan had reached the pinnacle of professional football, playing in three Super Bowls and filling an integral role on two championship teams with the New England Patriots from 2016-18. This season would have been his ninth on an active roster.
"Me as a football player, do I think I could still play? Absolutely. There's no doubt in my mind about that," he said.
But Hogan, 32, isn't playing football, where he would earn a minimum base salary of $1.075 million this season. He's traded the pigskin for his other passion -- lacrosse -- and considerably lower wages.