FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — One of the best offensive linemen to ever wear a New York Jets uniform officially walked away from the game Thursday.
Tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson, who played 10 seasons for Gang Green, held his retirement news conference in Florham Park, telling the story about the open-heart surgery he had when he was 9 years old, how he was told he could not play contact sports indefinitely and was limited in physical education classes.
“That 10-inch scar in the middle of my chest did not represent triumph to me,” he said. “It represented defeat.