If I’m understanding you correctly, you’re telling me some journeyman 3rd string linebacker that mostly plays special teams and figures that he has about 2 years of NFL career left would turn down the Jeopardy hosting gig if it were offered, because they “don’t want a cushy job over the rigorous strain over playing pro sports”.
I’m willing accept that athletes are wired differently, but that’s a lot to swallow.
I think most would absolutely try to play in the XFL, CFL etc over hosting a game show.
It’s why the CFL, minor league baseball, MLS etc exist. Second tier leagues barely, or don’t pay the bills and you have thousands of people in them for a reason.
True, but those players don’t have the option to host Jeopardy.
Tiki, Witten, and McAfee all quit their NFL careers early to go into the media fwiw.
I’m sure Aofrantic will be around to remind you that Witten missed it so much he went back.
Rodgers was never getting the Jeopardy gig or quitting football either. He spent the entire off-season bluffing that he wouldn’t play for GB to try and get traded and got his bluff called.
When he became toxic with the infidelity, Tiki tried to also.
True.
A more relevant counterpoint (compared to a RB or TE [but not a P]) is Cutler getting a Fox gig and then rebuffing it to go play in Miami for 10M once Tanny went down.
Witten came back after that retirement for 2 more seasons. Clearly it isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
Joking?
He was the worst broadcaster ever, I’m not sure if he was fired or not but he was universally panned.
Probably why he left. Either get fired or leave on his own.
He didn’t retire early either. He was in his mid 30s.
Obviously, commentating isn’t naturally easy for any player. Aside from knowledge of the game, you have to be able to speak off-the-cuff in a fluent fashion. If you want to see who was bad at it, see Emmitt Smith. That guy could barely speak English. Same likely applies for hosting Jeopardy.
The context of the conversation was Rodgers (38 in Dec).
I wouldn’t look at it as age alone. He’s coming off winning MVP. Witten had his numbers decline 5+ years in a row before retiring.
How many hosts will Matt outlast?
I feel safe in saying it’s not going to be more than the five he already has.
I was sure he was going down today. I knew he didn’t know FJ, but I was shocked that third podium didn’t.
Yeah today was a sweat
Fuuuuuuuuck I dislike Biyalik so much
Total cooler job by Biyalik. You can tell Matt was thrown off by her constant shitty asides.