{"id":117840,"date":"2025-06-10T04:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117840\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:13","slug":"the-frightening-reasons-behind-ex-dolphin-terron-armsteads-nfl-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117840\/","title":{"rendered":"The frightening reasons behind ex-Dolphin Terron Armstead\u2019s NFL retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terron Armstead\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/dolphins-terron-armstead-retires-nfl-163102299.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:decision to retire from the NFL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decision to retire from the NFL<\/a> two months ago was about more than just normal wear and tear after 12 years of professional football.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old offensive tackle, a five-time Pro Bowler who spent the past three years with the Dolphins after nine seasons with the Saints, revealed the troubling lengths he had to go to just to be able to step on the field, let alone perform at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with a knee [issue] since my third year in the league,\u201d Armstead said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NightcapShow_\/status\/1930655170423083336\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on the \u201cNightcap\u201d podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on the \u201cNightcap\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t see a practice field at all, and not because I didn\u2019t want to or the Dolphins just wanted me to rest. I literally couldn\u2019t walk. After a game on Sunday, I wouldn\u2019t be able to walk on my own, under my own power, until Wednesday, Thursday. So I was only able to play under the pain meds. I couldn\u2019t put any pressure on my knee, so it was like, I can\u2019t keep doing that to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Terron Armstead retired from the NFL in April. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dcb667dcbac81ad37787398b0d5b51d0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Terron Armstead retired from the NFL in April. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Armstead never appeared in every game during any of his 12 seasons but did manage to play in 15 games during the 2024 campaign despite the condition of his knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy injury history is extensive, and that\u2019s really the part for me is my body,\u201d Armstead said. \u201cI love this game. Mentally, cerebrally, I can play the game forever. But it\u2019s just physically, my body is slowing down. [There are] movements and abilities that I just can\u2019t perform at the same level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Armstead made $115.8 million during his NFL career and left $15.5 million on the table by retiring.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Terron Armstead played 12 NFL seasons. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/e587cb6c600adbbb9668ca62546c9502.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Terron Armstead played 12 NFL seasons. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A third-round pick by the Saints in 2013, Armstead made three Pro Bowls with New Orleans and was a teammate of Drew Brees for his first eight seasons before signing with the Dolphins in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He earned Pro Bowl nods in 2022 and \u201923.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terron Armstead\u2019s decision to retire from the NFL two months ago was about more than just normal wear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,13189,7,216,251,2087,6,595,3235],"class_list":{"0":"post-117840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-drew-brees","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-dolphins","13":"tag-miamidolphins","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-terron-armstead","16":"tag-the-dolphins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114657271782379332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}