Eagles players, fans react to Brandon Brooks announcing his retirement

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Eagles’ three-time Pro Bowl right guard Brandon Brooks announced that he’s retiring after 10 NFL seasons, with six spent in Philadelphia.

The massive 32-year-old Pro Bowl guard announced his decision Wednesday, saying goodbye while explaining that his body simply ran out of time.

“The past six years, I wouldn’t trade for the world,” Brooks said. “It didn’t end the way I would have liked it, but to me, it’s never about the ending, it’s about the journey.”

Brooks was dominant while earning three straight Pro Bowl nods from 2017-to 2019, but injuries have caused the right guard to reassess his future.

Brooks suffered a shoulder injury that forced him to miss the 2019 postseason, he suffered a torn Achilles that wiped out his entire 2020 season, and in Week 2, 2021, Brooks suffered a pectoral strain and was placed on IR.

Eagles players, fans, and the media reacted and the love was pouring out on social media.

Eagles’ RG Brandon Brooks announces his retirement from the NFL

#Philadelphia #Eagles star right guard #BrandonBrooks announces his retirement from the #NFL

An emotional Brandon Brooks announced his retirement from the NFL after 10 seasons in the league, six spent with the Eagles.

Philadelphia restructured Brooks’ contract, reducing his salary cap hit in 2022, as both sides prepare to move on. The Eagles will save $12 million with the move and Brooks’ non-guaranteed base salary of just over $1 million after June 1.

In the restructure, the Eagles reduced Brooks’ base salary from $13.4 million in 2022 to $1.12 million.

Brooks, 32, will file his retirement paperwork after June 1, and he’ll count $9 million in dead cap space for 2022.

A Pro Bowl and All-Pro right guard, Brooks missed the entire 2020 season after tearing his Achilles. In 2021, Brooks returned, playing in the first two games but tore his pec against the 49ers in Week 2.

Brooks never returned, with Eagles brass preferring to keep him healthy as this decision loomed.

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