Though he hasn’t officially retired (Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange tells us that the Ravens placed the veteran wideout on the “reserve/did not report” list), receiver Drew Bennett’s decision to call it quits two days after passing a physical and signing a contract reflects the kind of honor that isn’t regularly seen in American business.
As one source with knowledge of the way things work in the NFL told us, passing the physical gave Bennett the ability to fight through a few practices, claim that he had injured his knee while on the job, and finagle an injury settlement from his new team.
“A lot of guys would have tried to work the system,” the source said, “and I respect that he didn’t do that to Ozzie [Newsome] and the Ravens.”
We agree.