The news of Stephon Tuitt’s retirement yesterday was a surprise to many. To his teammates, they knew what was coming. Veteran defensive lineman Tyson Alualu told reporters Thursday Tuitt told the team days ago he intended on retiring.
That comes courtesy of this video tweeted out by The Trib’s Chris Adamski a short time ago.
Tyson Alualu said Stephon Tuitt called his teammates a couple days ago about his decision to retire.
“I said, ‘You sure you wanna do this?’“ pic.twitter.com/HSSb00aO4d
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) June 2, 2022
Over the last several months, there was growing optimism Tuitt would return to the team for 2022.