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Ben Roethlisberger officially retired from the Pittsburgh Steelers following the 2021 NFL season. He is a future Hall of Famer and one of the greatest quarterbacks in Steelers history. He is a former Rookie of the Year winner and a two-time Super Bowl champion while ranking 5th in career passing yards with 64,088.
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Roethlisberger may not be the only NFL superstar to retire this year. Several great players are nearing the end of their careers and could possibly move on from football prior to the 2022 NFL season. Here are three players who could join Roethlisberger as former superstars this year.
NFL stars who could retire in the 2022 NFL offseason
#1 - Tom Brady
Tom Brady has put together the greatest career by any player in NFL history. He holds just about every passing record possible and has won three NFL MVP awards in his career. He has appeared in ten Super Bowls, winning seven of them.
At 44 years old, Brady is currently the oldest player in the NFL but is still playing at an extremely high level. He led the league in passing yards (5,316) and touchdowns (43) in the 2021 NFL season. Despite his ability to perform, he said recently that he is going to take some time this offseason to decide if now is the right time to call it a career. If he does, it would be the end of an era in the NFL.
NFL stars who could retire prior to the 2022 NFL season
Here are three NFL superstars who could join Ben Roethlisberger and retire in the 2022 NFL offseason.
#2 - Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski has already retired from the NFL once, and he could do it again this year. He recently said that he is still debating whether or not he is going to play next season, but if he had to make the decision right now, his career would be done.
Many believe that Gronkowski's decision on whether or not he will keep playing is going to be tied to what Tom Brady does. It appears unlikely that he would play in the 2022 NFL season if Brady opts to retire. Even if Brady does play, there is a possibility that Gronkowski might still decide to retire for a second and final time.
#3 - Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers' future has a ton of question marks around it, as he is reportedly unhappy with the Packers organization. Last offseason, he threatened to sit out the 2021 campaign if he wasn't traded. Ultimately, that didn't happen, and he ended up playing for the Packers this season, but it's unclear if any of the underlying issues were resolved.
Rodgers enters the 2022 NFL offseason as a bit of a wild card, with nobody really being able to say what he's going to do. The Packers would love to keep him, but he did say, prior to the 2021 NFL season, that it would be his last in Green Bay. If the Packers are unwilling to trade him and he refuses to play for them, retirement would be an option for Rodgers.
