20 Questions with Zach Strief, 1-4
New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Zach Strief, a former Milford High School standout and one of 29 Greater Cincinnati high school alumni on NFL rosters, is considering retirement after surgery in November to repair his ACL and MCL.
The 34-year-old Strief has played 12 NFL seasons. More from ESPN.com's Mike Triplett:
“And then there’s part of you that says, ‘I don’t want to finish like that,’” Strief said Tuesday, referring to the 29-24 playoff loss at Minnesota that still had Saints players feeling a bit shell-shocked as they cleaned out their lockers for the season.
“As much time as you have [to think about it],” said Strief, who has been on injured reserve since October, “the finality of a season always kind of brings with it new feelings and different feelings. So I think it’s always something that you kind of take a couple weeks and get away from it completely and then make that decision.
“So I’ll take some time and talk with my wife, and we’re expecting our first child in a week. So we’ll kind of probably let that settle in for a little bit, and then I’ll make a decision after that.”
Strief has played his entire NFL career with the Saints since they drafted him in the seventh round in 2006 out of Northwestern. He won a Super Bowl ring at the end of the 2009 season and was a 2013 Pro Bowl alternate.
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