Report: Aaron Schobel Officially Calls It A Career

on a great football carreer. Thanks for your efforts as a Bill on and off the field.

Career long Bill, in todays era of free agency a guy who can play at as high a level as Schobel did is a rarity to stay with one team unless they are a QB. Its been great watching Aaron make plays during a pretty brutal decade of Bills football otherwise.

John McClain simply is not a reliable reporter.

Now, I think everyone that was livid with the release of Schobel should be able to sleep better at night :P

Glad to see him retire a Bill.
Good for you Aaron. Thanks for being one of the few solid players in this last decade of mediocrity.

he played a great career in buffalo and glad he made the choice many others are afraid to make; walking away……no injuries, no health issues, still relativaly young. one question though what does that mean for us if anything as it pertains to the salary cap.

Especially, when you have made a life’s worth. Thanks Aaron, you were a true Buffalo Bill in my book. Best of wishes, but your to good for Texas.

him only playing for the Texans and no other teams. I’m sure other teams called him but it was about family and staying in Texas.

Does this mean that everybody got all bent out of shape before the final results of the situation came to light, then when it finally was resolved they were happy with the result?

That never happens does it?

Took this from Here

The NFL’s Post-Career Financial Plan

The NFL Players Association retirement plan package includes four plans:

1. Severance Pay Plan: A player with two credited NFL seasons (on the active roster, injured reserved or physically unable to perform list for three games in each of two seasons), receives $10,000 for every year played between 1993 and 1999 and $12,500 for every year from 2000 on.

2. Player Annuity Program: A player with four credited NFL seasons receives an annuity valued at $65,000 at age 35 or five years after his last credited season, whichever is later.

3. Second-Career Savings Plan or 401(K): A player with two credited seasons will receive a $2 match for every $1 contributed to the plan up to a maximum club contribution of $20,000 per year.

4. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retirement Plan (pension): A player with at least three credited seasons earns a benefit credit for every season he plays. The benefit credits add up to monthly pension checks that player receive starting at age 55.

** Of note: The NFL pension plan has been widely criticized, especially when viewed in comparison to pension plans in other pro sports leagues. For example, the a 10-year NFL veteran who retired in 1998 would receive $51,000 a year beginning at age 55. A retired Major League Baseball player with 10 years experience, by comparison, would be eligible for an $175,000 annual pension starting at age 62.

Not too shabby…….I know it doesnt sound like a lot to NFL guys…..but sure sounds like a great deal to me . :-)

but if respect his contribution on the field and wish him well IF he’s really retiring.

Thanks Schobel… Glad I didnt have to see you in another jersey. Good career.

He is walking away with his head held high knowing he gave his all and finish his career on a positive note. His heart wasn’t in to playing anymore under any circumstance so why risk a serious injury…

It was the right choice!

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Playing half-heartedly would have either got him hurt or would have been a detriment to us or another team. Glad to see that he stuck to his gut feeling and wasn’t woo’d by another team to play with over the Bills. Makes me believe that this franchise has some value among players and coaches even though we haven’t necessarily seen a lot of things worth playing for in Buffalo or coming to Buffalo lately.

Now if we can only strike a gold mine with a player or two and start to build some momentum, it would do wonders for everyone.

Enjoy retirement Aaron… not sure if we will ever “hear” from you again? Of course we didn’t “hear” much from you when you were here other than what you did on the field…

I love the quote about how Schobel doesn’t want to worry about his weight anymore and eat what he wants.

Isn’t that what we all want in life? To retire in our mid 30’s, eat whatever we want and get fat? Kudos to Schobel for being an inspiration to every man alive!!!!

Ha ha—-JaMarcus is more like a Demi-Budda….

That is a cool picture.

He’s been one of my favorites for several years now. I’ll be wearing the #94 on opening day.

If he wanted to retire he could have just retired.

The Bills could have given him permision ot talk to the Texans instead of just releasing.

I am not convince he “walked away” from 8 million until I see it otherwise from a league source, not a reporter.

So yes I am still concerned how the situation was handled until the FACTs say differently.

Thanks for your 9 years as a Bill.