It seems like only yesterday — but was really a decade ago this month — that we welcomed D'Brickashaw Ferguson into the Jets family ... learned to pronounce his interesting, literary-sounding first name ... watched him step unflinchingly into the left tackle starting role as a rookie ... appreciated his growth as a player through three Pro Bowl seasons ... marveled at his seemingly indestructible nature.
It seemed like only yesterday we said hello. Today we say goodbye.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson, the native Long Islander who was the fourth overall pick of the 2006 draft, has announced his retirement as an NFL player following 10 outstanding seasons of protecting Green & White quarterbacks' blind sides and opening holes for the Jets' running game.