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Former Cardinals QB Gets Honest on Retirement Talk
ARIZONA — Former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Colt McCoy hasn’t taken an official snap since the 2022 season.
It might’ve been his last.
That’s not an easy truth to swallow for any football player, let alone a guy such as McCoy – who established himself as a Texas Longhorns legend before playing over ten years in the NFL.
McCoy suffered a neck injury and dealt with concussion symptoms towards the end of the 2022 season in Arizona. Leading into 2023’s training camp, he dealt with elbow issues that ultimately proved to be harsh enough for the Cardinals to cut him ahead of the regular season.
McCoy didn’t sign anywhere following his release from the desert and has been fairly hush on future plans – until recently.
Speaking with local reporters at his annual football camp in Austin, TX, McCoy got honest on his future with the sport.
“I haven’t really talked much about my situation – I never like to give excuses. I’ve been fortunate to play 14 years, I tore my elbow pretty bad and I’m not sure I’m gonna get over that, to be honest,” McCoy said.
“That’s a tough one. But at the same time, injuries are part of the game. I’ve certainly had my fair share and it’s almost kind of like a hard stop. So, we’ll see but [I] had many opportunities to jump back in last year week to week in a lot of places. I physically just wasn’t able to do it.”
“I’m not sure I’m going to get over that … and that’s a tough one.”
An elbow injury might end Colt McCoy’s career in the NFL but don’t worry – football is definitely in his future. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/8TqbrK8oJ4 — Bob Ballou (@BobBallouSports) June 14, 2024
McCoy has done a few guest appearances in the broadcast booth previously, and if he does indeed see the end of the tunnel of his playing career, McCoy says football will be in the mix regardless of what it is.
“I am a footballer for life and I want everybody to play football because I know what it’s done for me. So to have one chapter in and start another one, football will be a part of that somehow. Whether that’s coaching, whether that’s broadcasting, whether that’s talking football, whatever it is, it’s part of who I am,” McCoy said.
“I’m excited about more opportunities to come and what that is in life after this [who knows] but football is amazing.”
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Any time we go to Globe Field, memories immediately go back to the 2023 World Series, when we faced the Texas Rangers in this ballpark. It’s interesting to note that neither team has made it back to the postseason since then. Indeed, at least the D-backs have come close: the Rangers failed to post a winning record in 2024 or 2025, missing out on the playoffs by eight and six games respectively. The two sides have similar records right now as well, with Texas’s 19-21 a mere half a game behind Arizona’s 19-20. However, in the mediocre AL West, that’s good enough for the Rangers to be in second, two games back of… the Athletics? Wait, what?
Yeah, the last time before this year the A’s had sole possession of first was June 19, 2021 – y’know, back when they were in a different city, and weren’t embarrassed to name it. But, then, the AL as a whole is strikingly mediocre, with only three teams above .500: the Yankees, Rays and A’s. It’s because just four teams have winning records in interleague play, and none of those are better than 5-4. Right now, the National League is 25 games above .500 in interleague play, at 315-290. Texas are 7-8, taking two of three from the Cubs, Phillies and Pirates, but losing to the Dodgers and getting swept by the Reds (y’know back when they didn’t suck).
Last time the Diamondbacks were here was in August last season, and we took two out of three. We lost the opening game on a walkoff, 7-6, but rebounded to take the next two contests, by margins of 3-2 and 6-4. Andrew Saalfrank got the save in the final game. How long ago that all seems. We’ll see if Michael Soroka can keep the sterling streak of starts going. He was certainly a hard-luck loser last time, allowing just the one run over 6.1 innings. But that was enough in a 1-0 loss. In his last three start, the D-backs have scored a total of two runs, so hopefully he gets a bit more support tonight.
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