The Pittsburgh Steelers made the decision last year to move on from former Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden. After five years with the team over two contracts, and at age 33, it was over for him. Not by his choice, at least not entirely. As he said on a Tuesday edition of the I Am Athlete podcast, it just wasn’t there.
“Honestly, I didn’t know”, he said when LeSean McCoy asked him when he knew it was time to retire. “I was training this whole offseason. I didn’t plan on retiring this year. I wanted to do at least one more season, but the money wasn’t right.