Veteran OL Jacob Bell announced his retirement after eight seasons. He had recently signed with the Bengals after spending his career with the Titans and Rams.
His retirement was nothing out of the ordinary except that he cited the death of Junior Seau as the final straw in making his decision. He said he wanted to leave the game while he was still healthy and was concerned for his long-term effect of brain trauma.
When asked about concussions, he referred to them as moments when you see stars. In that case, he said he had at east 30 every season. Some will dispute whether they were concussions, but if you are seeing stars after physical contact, it might be a concussion.
It will be interesting to see if there are other players who decide to retire because of Seau's suicide. Players might not mention it, but I'm sure the concussion issue is on the minds of many.
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