Richardson suffered a neck injury back in October. That injury resulted in a second cervical fusion surgery, the same surgery that ultimately ended both Collins’ and Finley’s careers.
Richardson is singing the same refrain both of those guys sang, though.
“You just said the key word: I’m healthy,” Richardson said. “Why quit if I’m healthy? My thing is I still have love for the game, I still want to play and I feel healthy. I told my family if my neck gives me problems, I was going to hang it up. I wasn’t going to give it a shot.