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Minnesota Vikings defensive end Brian Robison who has spent his entire career with the purple and gold is strongly leaning towards hanging up the cleats after this upcoming season.
This isn't much of a surprise because he is entering the final year of his contract, and before he signed this two-year contract, he had also said this was probably going to be his last NFL deal. He had contemplated retirement after this last season but decided to come back for another year.
“More than likely, I think it is” his final season, Robison, 35, told the Pioneer Press following a practice during organized team activities. “I’ve talked to my wife and family about it and the body’s just getting to that point.
“I’m not going to make that decision wholeheartedly until probably the season starts, but I would say more than likely it probably will be (his final season). … If you ask me that in August, I’ll have a definite answer.”
Robison had started the previous six years, but last year he became a rotational player behind Everson Griffen and Danielle Hunter. He was supposed to make $3.5 million this season but agreed to take a pay cut down to just over a million.
Robison said it was important that he was seen as more than just a good player, and he wanted to be looked at a really good locker room guy too. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has liked the way he has helped preach to the younger guys the idea of team defense.
“He’s a great teammate,” Zimmer said. “When I came in here (in 2014), I didn’t know much about him, but the thing that he’s done really well is bought into what we’re trying to preach from a team defense, a team aspect of things. He’s been a good leader. He’s not always afraid to voice an opinion on the things we’re trying to get done, and I think it’s great to have him here.”
