OXNARD, Calif. -- Body clocks do funny things to players. They instinctively know when it’s time for football season.
That’s what linebacker Justin Durant was like this spring when he saw ex-teammates report to offseason conditioning programs around the NFL. He admits he had been thinking about retirement, but that was a thought he'd been having for a few years.
"You just get that itch,” said Durant, who will turn 31 in September. “Once I started looking at TV and seeing everybody going back to OTAs and stuff, I just figured I wasn't done yet.