Reports indicate that DeMarcus Ware certainly didn’t retire for lack of interest in his services.
Various reports indicated that Ware had offers in place to play another season for $7-8 million a year, and also visited with the Los Angeles Rams before he ultimately chose to walk away.
Filed under "interesting" … before deciding to retire, DeMarcus Ware was in LA and met with the Rams over the weekend, per sources.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 13, 2017
DeMarcus Ware had offers in place that would have paid him $7-8M a year from a few teams, per source.
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) March 13, 2017
I'm told DeMarcus Ware had to decide as offers materialized if he wanted to recommit to football, ultimately he chose to retire.
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) March 13, 2017
As Ware said in his statement, his decision to retire was fueled primarily because he wanted to be healthy and live a long life after retirement. He certainly could have kept playing if he wanted to.
