Derrick Mason to retire (1 Viewer)

[finito]

News Articles > Derrick MasonPublished Mon Jan 9 8:47:26 p.m. ET 2012(RotoWire) Mason has decided to retire from football after 15 NFL seasons, according to Scout.com. "I'm done," Mason said. "I won't be playing football. I only knew one way to play football, going all-out and having fun out there."Analysis: Mason's best days passed by awhile ago, but he had a heck of a career and for a long time was as steady as they came from a fantasy perspective, once hitting 1,000-plus yards eight times in a nine-season stretch. He'll retire with 12,061 receiving yards and 66 TD catches.

Very underrated WR. Reminds me of the Jimmy and Rod Smiths of the world.

 

[David Yudkin]

Basically the answer to the question: what would Hines Ward's career look like if he didn't play for the Steelers.

 

[sports_fan]

Basically the answer to the question: what would Hines Ward's career look like if he didn't play for the Steelers.

Not sure I understand this. Their careers are very similar.

 

[Steed]

He had some interesting things to say about the Jets on his way out. I can't find the twitter I saw it on it, but he made it sound like he was framed for their lockerrom problems while he was there.

 

[David Yudkin]

Basically the answer to the question: what would Hines Ward's career look like if he didn't play for the Steelers.

Not sure I understand this. Their careers are very similar.

That's my point exactly. Ward gets touted as a first ballot HOF candidate (at least in the Shark Pool) while Mason doesn't even get brought up in HOF candidate threads.

 

[sports_fan]

Basically the answer to the question: what would Hines Ward's career look like if he didn't play for the Steelers.

Not sure I understand this. Their careers are very similar.

That's my point exactly. Ward gets touted as a first ballot HOF candidate (at least in the Shark Pool) while Mason doesn't even get brought up in HOF candidate threads.

ahh, good point

 

[finito]

Poor guy. Has a great career and not only does no one care when he retires, the thread created about his retirement is hijacked to talk about Hines Ward.

 

[David Yudkin]

Poor guy. Has a great career and not only does no one care when he retires, the thread created about his retirement is hijacked to talk about Hines Ward.

Or you could look at it that his career was on par with Ward's. If Ward also retires, they will end up seperated by 22 receiving yards over their careers (playoffs excluded).

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

funny, if Mason had three little stars on the side of his helmet, hed be considered a HOF lock by some

 

[TS Garp]

Poor guy. Has a great career and not only does no one care when he retires, the thread created about his retirement is hijacked to talk about Hines Ward.

(playoffs excluded).

I could see this if Mason hadn't appeared in many or any playoff games, but he played in his share. Here are their playoff stats:Mason: 16 games, 49 receptions, 601 yds, 2 td'sWard: 18 games, 88 receptions, 1881 yards, 10 td'sOne of the big reasons that Ward gets mentioned as a HOF candidate is that he came up so big in the playoffs, whereas Mason wasn't an impact player in the postseason, at least not consistently. Ward also has 19 more regular season TD's. And, whether or not you buy into the "Hines Ward is the best blocking WR ever" talk, I think it's fair to say that Ward was the more complete player.Look, I like Derrick Mason a lot and I think he had an amazing career. I'm actually not a Hines Ward fan. But your comparison is off the mark in this case. You simply can't discount the post-season numbers.

 

[David Yudkin]

Ward's actual post season totals were 88-1181-10 . . . so actually 700 fewer yards than listed above.

 

[The_Man]

Poor guy. Has a great career and not only does no one care when he retires, the thread created about his retirement is hijacked to talk about Hines Ward.

(playoffs excluded).

I could see this if Mason hadn't appeared in many or any playoff games, but he played in his share. Here are their playoff stats:Mason: 16 games, 49 receptions, 601 yds, 2 td's

Ward: 18 games, 88 receptions, 1881 yards, 10 td's

One of the big reasons that Ward gets mentioned as a HOF candidate is that he came up so big in the playoffs, whereas Mason wasn't an impact player in the postseason, at least not consistently. Ward also has 19 more regular season TD's. And, whether or not you buy into the "Hines Ward is the best blocking WR ever" talk, I think it's fair to say that Ward was the more complete player.

Look, I like Derrick Mason a lot and I think he had an amazing career. I'm actually not a Hines Ward fan. But your comparison is off the mark in this case. You simply can't discount the post-season numbers.

What about Mason's 5,100 career kick return yards - is that part of being a complete player?

 

[Popinski]

Definitely 1st ballot HOF

 

[Dought Man]

One of the biggest ##### talkers in the game. The guy never stopped jawing all game long. I loved the moment in that Belicheck feature on NFL Network where Mason kept talking trash to Belicheck all game long in the playoffs a few years back and BB finally goes, "Mason, will you shut the ##### up already!? We'll talk after the game."

 

[the turnip]

I didn't know he was still playing...

 

[msommer]

Thanks for playing Derrick! Good luck with with your next career

 

[Bri]

Pretty incredible all he did in today's game at 5 foot 10 and 185 pounds soaking wet.

 

[cvnpoka]

One of the biggest ##### talkers in the game. The guy never stopped jawing all game long. I loved the moment in that Belicheck feature on NFL Network where Mason kept talking trash to Belicheck all game long in the playoffs a few years back and BB finally goes, "Mason, will you shut the ##### up already!? We'll talk after the game."

ya that was such a great moment in that series.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0NcdnMC7NU&feature=player_embedded

 

[BigSteelThrill]

(playoffs excluded).

Has to be.