The beginning of June often sees a rash of retirement announcements, and that happened again last week as players like Frank Gore and Ryan Fitzpatrick brought an official end to their NFL careers with announcements of one sort or another. One reason for the timing of these announcements is that they come during a slow news time in the NFL, so the retirement announcements get noticed in the rather empty canvas of early-summer NFL. Another reason is that, by waiting until after June 1st, players who retire with unprorated bonus payments still on the books help their teams manage the salary cap hit (that wasn’t a factor for Ryan Fitzpatrick, who signed a one-year deal with the Washington Football Team last year).
Several former Washington players remain unretired and unsigned by any NFL team
