Pitcock

That's just fun to say isn't it?

Quinn Pitcock is retiring from pro football after one season with the Indianapolis Colts. He played in nine games and recorded 18 tackles and 1.5 sacks. I think his bid for the Hall of Fame will come up just short.

Good for Quinn Pitcock. Now he can get a head start on his next career, waddling around Columbus, OH and showing up in radio and TV spots for anything remotely Buckeye-related.

Sell insurance Quinn, sell real estate, sell lemonade on the corner if you want to. Even the Maurice Hall's and Demetrius Stanley's of the world can make a decent living off their modest on-field production in Franklin County.

I'm sure there are some fools out there that will say QPC "couldn't hack it" or "didn't have the heart" to toil away in the NFL. I say, horseshit.

I have said it before, I will say it many times again, the perception of "life in the NFL" versus the reality are two completely different things. It's the worst gig in pro sports for the most part. Contracts aren't guaranteed, you literally have to fight for your job every single day and it can all be over in an instant with no remorse whatsoever from the team you play for.

Yeah, but the money's great "they" say. Is it? Quinn Pitcock was sitting on a contract worth about $1.7 million dollars. To most of us, that's a lot of money. Well, not me, I'm strictly on the barter system these days. I don't use currency.

For most people though, a million dollars is enough money to live comfortably for awhile if you're smart about your spending. That's true. It's all relative though.

What does Quinn Pitcock think of his salary when he's sitting in a locker next to Dwight Freeney? Freeney signed a contract last year worth $72 million dollars. A little quick math tells me that's about 70 times the value of Quinn's contract.

I'm not saying Dwight Freeney doesn't deserve the dough. I'm not saying that Quinn Pitcock couldn't ever attain an outrageous contract like that one. I'm just saying that a million dollars in an NFL locker room isn't a lot of money. Therefore, playing for just the coin might not be as appealing from QPC's perspective as it is from the proletariat's.

On the other hand, maybe Quinn Pitcock noticed how much attention this Brett Favre character is getting by attempting a comeback. Maybe Quinn is setting up the Colts for some big dollar negotiations!

"Quinn, the organization has thought about it, and we're willing to pay you $10 million to stay retired." - Rich Irsay, Colts GM