Warren Sapp Explains Low-Key Retirement, Says He’ll Give Brett Favre the Spotlight

Mar/06/08 10:02 PM Filed in: Warrren Sapp
Former Raiders and Buccaneers defensive lineman Warren Sapp made his retirement official on the same day that Packers quarterback Brett Favre did, and although Sapp didn’t hold a tearful press conference, he did appear on Pardon the Interruption:

Asked whether it bothers him that Favre gets all the attention, Sapp said, “I like this nice quiet exit.”

Of Favre, Sapp said, “When you have the beacon of the NFL for so many years retiring, he deserves everything that he got.” He then referred to the 2013 Hall of Fame voting, when they’ll both be eligible for the first time, and said, “In five years, hopefully when they mention his name they might think of me, too.”

As for leaving the Raiders, Sapp doesn’t sound like he’ll miss them. He said that when the team got its first win of the 2007 season, instead of being congratulated, the players were reminded, “It’s been 322 days since we won a game.”

He also said that in Oakland, “Nobody knows who’s running the show,” which is a pretty good sign that head coach Lane Kiffin doesn’t have control.

And as for his feelings about playing in 2008, Sapp said, “It would be a job, and I said when it becomes a job for me, that’s when I get out.”

(footballgab.com)