Bills Quarterback Kyle Orton Announces Retirement

[BusSport]

"Bills QB Kyle Orton announces retirement":

Speculation had run rampant in the last few weeks regarding what Kyle Orton would decide to do with the player option he held on his two-year contract in 2015.

The 10-year NFL veteran ended all the talk Monday morning when he surprisingly announced his retirement from football.

"I just have been going at it for 10 years, and it's just a family decision, and I've decided to get home and be a dad and call it a day," the 31-year-old Orton said in the locker room as the rest of his former Buffalo Bills teammates — who had no idea this was going to happen — were cleaning out their lockers.

Orton took over as the starting quarterback in Week 5 when coach Doug Marrone decided he'd seen enough of EJ Manuel after a 2-2 start. Orton helped the Bills win three of four games in October, but the second half of the season did not go as well. Buffalo went 4-4 and, despite the first winning record in 10 years, 9-7 wasn't good enough to make the playoffs.

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Orton's retirement takes him out of the equation, but where Buffalo goes next is uncertain. It's clear coach Doug Marrone has lost faith in Manuel, the free agent market is filled with mediocrity, and the Bills don't have a first-round draft pick in 2015.

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Orton's retirement leaves Manuel and Jeff Tuel as the only quarterbacks on the roster.

 

[beardown07]

this fucking guy..

 

[DonMan]

I wonder how many coaches watching game film from week 17, given the hypothetical opportunity, would take Orton over their starting QB.

 

[beardown07]

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[PatsFan2003]

I wonder how many coaches watching game film from week 17, given the hypothetical opportunity, would take Orton over their starting QB.

If he was available a team like Arizona would just gobble him up during the type of season they're having.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

He was nothing more than a serviceable journeyman... Nothing more, nothing less

 

[Psych-Ward]

Hey if retirement fails him the Browns are always looking!!!!

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I think anyone in their right mind would contemplate retirement before taking work in Cleveland.

 

[Psych-Ward]

I think anyone in their right mind would contemplate retirement before taking work in Cleveland.

Did you hear the one about Rex Grossman????

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Did you hear the one about Rex Grossman????

Yep... Chose xmas with his family over a week contract lol

 

[SteelersPride]

the browns have reportedly called him