On a random Saturday night before the week of OTAs, the Philadelphia Eagles have been made aware of Chris Long’s retirement like the rest of us. As he took to Instagram to officially announce his departure from the NFL, reality sunk in for the Eagles as they found out they wouldn’t get their veteran rotational pass rusher back into the mix for the 2019 NFL Season.
Over the course of the 2019 offseason, Long teased the idea of retirement or even worse, playing elsewhere – but it didn’t seem like it could officially happen.