As most Steelers fans will probably agree, former Steelers Running Back Rashard Mendenhall isn’t easy to figure out. At least, he’s been known to say a thing or two that caused its share of controversy.
Mendenhall occasionally writes for The Huffington Post. His latest posting has some people wondering if he may be hinting at retiring from the NFL soon.
In the aforementioned article, the 2008 first round pick says that the day after he tore his ACL in January of 2012, he had a vision. He saw himself in a dark and turbulent ocean. I’ll let you read the rest for yourself.
New writing @HuffingtonPost “The Vision”. Tell me what you think it means http://t.co/86rjb0FDHh
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) February 25, 2014
Mendenhall was the Steelers number 1 pick in the 2008 draft. Considered by many to be a dancer at the line of scrimmage, he rushed for over 1000 yards in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He tore his ACL during the first week of January in 2012. He returned from his ACL injury in October, but missed the majority of the 2012 season due to injury, and missed some time for non-injury reasons as well.
He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals last March to a one year, $2.5 Mil deal, which included $500,000 guaranteed. He was hampered by injury for most of the year, and finished the season with 687 yards.
Now entering free agency again, the subtext of his article may have been that he believes his time has come to return as a feature back, or as some think, it may be that he’s contemplating retirement. We’ll know one way or the other soon enough.