One of the NFL’s most experienced players decided to call it a career on Monday: Josh McCown, whose career began as a third-round draft pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2002, announced his retirement from pro football after sixteen seasons in the league — spent on ten different teams. One of those teams are the Detroit Lions, who signed McCown as a free agent in 2006 and after his rookie deal with the Cardinals had expired.
McCown’s success in Detroit was rather limited: as the backup quarterback behind Jon Kitna, he appeared in only two games during his lone season with the club.