If he had made it to a big contract and decided to retire before the end it would make more sense.
Just going all-in on football long enough to play 1 year on the Franchise Tag would pay him 10x of what he made in total up to this point.
The reality is that he got caught breaking the rules and is now a crybaby claiming he always hated football.
If he hated football and hated the rules against smoking weed, he should have quit long ago.
He is a mid twenties 6-7, 285 pound man. His Dad can,t force him to play football and that was true 2 or 3 years ago.
If somebody wants to have credibility they need to make a statement BEFORE getting caught for breaking the rules.