10. Jerry Rice was still in the league?
9. The bricks his dad tossed him as a kid could not prepare him for Jake Plummer.
8. Somebody already called Dibs on #80.
7. Young players asked Rice is he was a teammate of O.J. Simpson in San Francisco.
6. Slow news week made it perfect time for an announcement.
5. Even Morten Andersen told him he was hanging on too long.
4. Still no Don Hutson, despite the records.
3. Even his own kids would not draft him in fantasy league.
2. Football is not easy without a Hall of Fame quarterback.
1. It was time for a happy ending to his career.