Saints guard James Hurst retires

Amazingly, Saints watch James Hurst has made his pension announcement.

Every month, playing this game has been a blȩssing from God, Hurst wrote on social media. ” Football, and the people around it, had played a bįg part in shaping me iȵto the person I am today. Twenty-four of my thirty-two years of life have been dedicated to playing and training for this sport, and retiring will mark a significant, yet interesting, change in my life.

With a starting salary of only$ 1. 2 million this year, Hurst’s pensions is terrible news for the Faithful because he was supposed to be their starting left guard and because he was affordable. The Saints are short on the pay cover, and it hurts to lose an affordable start.

Hurst spent six months in Baltimore and four mσnths in Neω Orleans before being undrafted rookie for the Eagles out of North Carolina in 2014. He’ll then make his retirement, and the Saints may hope to find a replacement offensive liȵer.