Jeff Schultz over at the AJC wrote that David Pollack should retire:

Sometimes, they can’t see the end. Sometimes, the gifts that had carried them erode and descend to mere mortal levels. Or injuries suddenly interrupt the natural order of things. But great athletes — sometimes they can’t see it.

They don’t look at the tape. Or the stopwatch. Or the X-rays.
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Ten months ago, Pollack suffered a broken neck. If he delivered the mail, resuming his career might not be out of the question. But the play that caused the injury, a tackle on Cleveland running back Reuben Droughns, was nothing extraordinary by NFL or David Pollack standards. Trying to come back against all odds to make that same tackle and others like it makes no sense. This is life we’re talking about.

The Cincinnati Bengals announced Friday that Pollack would not play this season because, not surprisingly, his recovery from January surgery to repair the fractured C6 vertebra, wasn’t satisfactory to play linebacker in the NFL. Pollack acknowledged as much in his statement, but said: “Any final decision on football is still down the road for me.”

Let’s hope he eventually sees the stop sign.
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His career was far greater than expected in college. His career may be far shorter than expected in the NFL. But sometimes will and desire and attitude take you only so far. Sometimes you have to get past the ego, past the I’ll-show-you attitude, past the athletic arrogance that helped carry you in the past.

It’s that time for David Pollack. If he doesn’t see it, maybe it’s because he’s not looking.

Give the guy a chance to at least comeback from the injury. It's the ego that drives people to rise above and prove their detractors wrong. David Pollack worked hard to become a All-American football player and later to become a 1st round NFL draft pick. He has the drive and the heart. I wouldn't count him out.