Eagles star addresses retirement rumors after Super Bowl victory against the Chiefs

After wrapping up his 15th NFL play with a championship, 1 cardinal fixture of the Philadelphia Eagles is considering the anticipation of going retired connected top.

Defensive extremity Brandon Graham, who has been with the Eagles his full vocation since it began successful 2010, is weighing up his aboriginal successful the game.

His Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs successful a lopsided 40-22 triumph successful Super Bowl LIX - giving the franchise (and Graham) a 2nd championship.

When asked by reporters, Graham wasn't committed to the thought of retiring connected the spot.

Before the play began, the 36-year-old Graham said helium primitively planned playing successful the league for 15 years. Now helium has the accidental to spell retired connected apical - perchance successful the mode that Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce whitethorn person hoped.

'I felt similar Jerome Bettis, the twelvemonth helium went retired successful Detroit [with the Steelers successful Super Bowl XL],' Graham said. 

'I consciousness like, getting a 2 portion for Philly? We should beryllium going for three, but you cognize what? I'll instrumentality my two. I can't hold to observe successful Philly.' 

However, erstwhile that time to bent up the pads yet comes, the erstwhile second-team All-Pro enactment says helium plans to enactment wrong the organization.

'Let maine archer you: I wanna larn arsenic overmuch arsenic I can. If you privation an intern coming in, I wanna larn nether Howie [Roseman, Eagles wide manager],' Graham said aft the Super Bowl win. 'We got thing peculiar going on. We got the concealed sauce.

'I wanna beryllium a portion of each small thing. That's why, adjacent if I americium done [playing], I'm not done with this organization. I'm gonna beryllium present somehow, someway. I'm gonna fig retired wherever my spot at.'

Even if helium decides to measurement distant from the field, Graham says helium plans connected sticking astir the locker country to proceed influencing the squad civilization helium helped to build. 

'I'm gonna marque definite I support motivating the guys,' helium said. 'I'm thankful that we got immoderate young guys that are gonna beryllium here. I don't cognize however [Roseman will] support them all, but he'll fig retired a way.'

This season, Graham started successful conscionable 1 crippled but played successful eleven. He totaled 20 combined tackles and 3.5 sacks this season. He managed 1 tackle successful Super Bowl LIX.