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Posted by Mike Florio on June 13, 2009, 9:55 a.m.
Veteran defensive tackle Jason Ferguson is entering the final year of his contract with the Dolphins. And if the Dolphins choose not to keep him beyond 2010, Ferguson will call it quits.
“This could be it for me,” Ferguson, 35, told Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “If they don’t want me back then I’ll be done. I definitely have some more left in my tank, but I have to show that.”
Ferguson also said that the recent death of 39-year-old Pio Sagopolutele served as a wake-up call for Ferguson, as he migrates through the twilight of his career.
“When we’re done, we’re kicking our feet up relaxing, trying to let our body recover,” Ferguson told Kelly. “But at the same time a lot of them make the mistake of eating. We can’t eat like we can do now when we’re coming here and running it off. I’ve learned that’s something I’ve got to protect myself from. It’s the scariest thing I have in my life facing me.
“I have two boys, and I’m trying to live as long as they do. I want to see my grandkids and all that. I’ve got to make sure I’m around to see them.”
It’s a noble goal, and we hope that more football players — especially those who reside on the northern plains of three bills — realize that the concepts of a long life and an oversized caboose are, in most cases, mutually exclusive.
Veteran defensive tackle Jason Ferguson is entering the final year of his contract with the Dolphins. And if the Dolphins choose not to keep him beyond 2010, Ferguson will call it quits.
“This could be it for me,” Ferguson, 35, told Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “If they don’t want me back then I’ll be done. I definitely have some more left in my tank, but I have to show that.”
Ferguson also said that the recent death of 39-year-old Pio Sagopolutele served as a wake-up call for Ferguson, as he migrates through the twilight of his career.
“When we’re done, we’re kicking our feet up relaxing, trying to let our body recover,” Ferguson told Kelly. “But at the same time a lot of them make the mistake of eating. We can’t eat like we can do now when we’re coming here and running it off. I’ve learned that’s something I’ve got to protect myself from. It’s the scariest thing I have in my life facing me.
“I have two boys, and I’m trying to live as long as they do. I want to see my grandkids and all that. I’ve got to make sure I’m around to see them.”
It’s a noble goal, and we hope that more football players — especially those who reside on the northern plains of three bills — realize that the concepts of a long life and an oversized caboose are, in most cases, mutually exclusive.
