San Francisco 49ers left tackle Joe Staley is one of the best players on the team, and has long been a fan-favorite over his 11 seasons in the NFL and with the team. But the early-goings of the 2017 season were hard on him, so much so that he said he was considering retirement.
“I wasn’t coming into work with the same kind of enthusiasm that I usually come in with,” Staley said in a recent podcast with Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports. “At that moment, it was like, ‘Oh man, is this how my career is going to end with my knee acting up and not playing well?