<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (May 15, 2006) -- Doug Flutie retired from pro football, ending a 21-year career in which the Heisman Trophy winner puzzled both opposing defenses and his own coaches with his unconventional style at quarterback. The decision by the 43-year-old Flutie was announced by the New England Patriots, for whom he played five games last season. Flutie spent 12 seasons in the NFL and also played in the USFL and the Canadian Football League. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player award six times and the league's Grey Cup championship three times. Flutie finishes with 14,715 passing yards and 86 touchdowns in the NFL, spending most of his time as a backup. Last season, he attempted just 10 passes and converted the league's first drop kick for an extra point since the 1941 NFL title game.</div> It was his time to go, he's been in the league 21 years! THis guy was the essential meaning of the phrase "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog".
Such a class act, was always the guy signing autographs for 5 hours and was always the person that everyone said couldn't do it. Well he did, he was a solid backup QB and had one of the greatest passes in the history of football at any level against Miami in the 80's. Flutie never won a ring but he was a fun player to watch and was always working his ass off.
