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Updated: October 28, 2007, 1:34 PM ET
In spite of his carefully considered retirement in April, former Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe has received numerous invitations to return to the NFL for a 15th season.
Bledsoe most recently declined a feeler from the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, cementing his resolve to remain retired.
"I really felt, late in the season last year, that was it. It was time and I was done," he told The Boston Globe. "I kind of stepped away from it because I really wanted to make sure it was the right decision. Was I really ready to step away from something that was so important to me? I talked to people and in the end my feelings didn't change. I felt it was time to move on to the next phase."
Upon retirement, Bledsoe told his agent, David Dunn, he didn't want to know if teams were calling to express interest in him, but the paper reports Dunn felt compelled to inform the 35-year-old signal caller of recent interest in his services.
"He said he felt he owed it to me to make sure I was still feeling the same way, that I was in the same place I was before," Bledsoe told the Globe. "I told him that I was really sure. It feels good to know."
Recent weeks have seen Carolina, Arizona, San Francisco, and Jacksonville lose starting quarterbacks, piquing interest in able-bodied quarterbacks with NFL experience, but Bledsoe indicated that he remains firmly behind his decision to stay at home, the paper reports.
"I thought about it long and hard before I made the decision to retire," he told the Globe. "That's why I took two to three months; to be sure it was what I wanted to do. I felt like I had reached the point in my life where it was the right decision, a final decision.
"I feel good about it. I do miss the game and I knew I would miss the game. But I'm at a spot in my life where I'm staying busy and I'm completely 100 percent healthy, and I'd like it to stay that way. And to give what you have to give to play this game -- that 100 percent level -- I'm not at that point."
Updated: October 28, 2007, 1:34 PM ET
In spite of his carefully considered retirement in April, former Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe has received numerous invitations to return to the NFL for a 15th season.
Bledsoe most recently declined a feeler from the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, cementing his resolve to remain retired.
"I really felt, late in the season last year, that was it. It was time and I was done," he told The Boston Globe. "I kind of stepped away from it because I really wanted to make sure it was the right decision. Was I really ready to step away from something that was so important to me? I talked to people and in the end my feelings didn't change. I felt it was time to move on to the next phase."
Upon retirement, Bledsoe told his agent, David Dunn, he didn't want to know if teams were calling to express interest in him, but the paper reports Dunn felt compelled to inform the 35-year-old signal caller of recent interest in his services.
"He said he felt he owed it to me to make sure I was still feeling the same way, that I was in the same place I was before," Bledsoe told the Globe. "I told him that I was really sure. It feels good to know."
Recent weeks have seen Carolina, Arizona, San Francisco, and Jacksonville lose starting quarterbacks, piquing interest in able-bodied quarterbacks with NFL experience, but Bledsoe indicated that he remains firmly behind his decision to stay at home, the paper reports.
"I thought about it long and hard before I made the decision to retire," he told the Globe. "That's why I took two to three months; to be sure it was what I wanted to do. I felt like I had reached the point in my life where it was the right decision, a final decision.
"I feel good about it. I do miss the game and I knew I would miss the game. But I'm at a spot in my life where I'm staying busy and I'm completely 100 percent healthy, and I'd like it to stay that way. And to give what you have to give to play this game -- that 100 percent level -- I'm not at that point."
