of his contract John Simon Color Rush Jersey , scheduled to make $2 million in base salary before becoming a free agent in March. But then Andrew Luck unexpectedly retired, and the Colts signed Brissett to a two-year deal with a value of $30 million, $20 million of it guaranteed.Brissett negotiated the deal himself, just as he did his rookie contract after the Patriots made him a third-round choice in 2016.“Yeah, I do it myself,’’ Brissett said Tuesday, via Mike Chappell of Indianapolis’ CBS4. “I don’t like people to BS on my behalf. I try to say it for myself. All you can be is honest.“I did my rookie contract, too, so I kind of had the gist of it.’’The Colts have bought time to determine whether Brissett is the long-term answer. Colts coach Frank Reich already has given Brissett his endorsement, saying, “He is the man. He’s our answer.”Brissett’s $15 million average places him 18th among players at his position. It doesn’t change anything for Brissett, who said he believed the Colts supported him even when he was Luck’s backup.“I don’t think it changes anything,” Brissett said. “Money doesn’t define me https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Chester-Rogers-Jersey , so it therefore wouldn’t change me to where I would be anybody different. Just go out there and play football. That’s what I’m excited for.’’ As Andrew Luck faces criticism in some quarters for retiring abruptly rather than toughing out rehab from his laters injury, an NFL player who found far less fame and fortune in the NFL has offered a good story about why he understands Luck’s decision.Rich Ohrnberger, an offensive lineman who played in the NFL from 2009 to 2014, wrote a long Twitter thread that explained why walking away is sometimes the only option.“My final season was 2014, I was playing for the Chargers and I was a MESS,” Ohrnberger wrote. “I had been dealing with severe back pain for 2 years, and it was coming to a head. . . . My mornings began at 4:30AM crawling from my bed to the bathtub, my pregnant wife would help me get in the tub, and I would soak & stretch until I was able to walk. I’d then go to the facility and do exercises to strengthen my back, but the pain was unrelenting.“It was determined that I would need spinal surgery, but I could continue playing as long as the symptoms were manageable. Throughout the season I received 5 or 6 epidural injections. Some were less than 2 weeks apart. I would constantly fantasize about that surgery. I wasn’t sleeping because I couldn’t find a comfortable position to alleviate the pain. I was miserable because of the pain. I was afraid because I wondered if the pain would ever go away but I kept playing. I didn’t want to let down my family, coaches, teammates Antonio Morrison Jersey , or myself.”Ohrnberger badly injured his ankle later that season, and ended up on injured reserve. He had the back injury and started to get better, but no one signed him in free agency. He finally made the decision that he was retiring in a Detroit hotel lobby bar after a tryout with the Lions. The toll his career took on his body was significant.“I’ve had both shoulders operated on, part of a clavicle bone removed, spent a season on IR due to a concussion, ruptured my MCL, and had back surgery. That’s the abbreviated list,” he wrote. “Football is about dealing with pain. It’s unavoidable. But it wears you down.”With that experience, Ohrnberger understands why Luck chose to walk away, and doesn’t blame him a bit.

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