Eric Decker Retires

mkAz

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 20, 2008
Messages
5,584
Reaction score
2,514
Points
113
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm9AuO0FqQI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_script" data-instgrm-version="10"style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm9AuO0FqQI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_script" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style=" display:block; height:60px; margin:0 auto 16px; width:210px;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 840 300" width="210" version="1"><path d="M65 49c-16 7-34 26-40 50-7 31 23 44 25 39 3-5-5-6-7-22-2-21 7-43 19-53 3-2 2 0 2 5v102c0 21-1 28-3 35-1 7-4 11-2 13s12-3 17-10c7-9 9-20 10-32v-51-68c0-5-14-11-21-8m575 102c0 11-3 20-6 26-6 12-18 16-23-1-3-10-4-26-1-39 2-13 8-23 17-22 10 0 14 13 13 36zm-162 70c0 19-3 35-9 40-9 7-21 1-19-12 2-12 13-25 28-40v12zm-2-70c-1 10-4 20-6 26-6 12-19 16-24-1-4-12-3-28-1-37 2-13 8-24 18-24 9 0 14 10 13 36zm-94-1c-1 11-3 20-6 27-7 12-19 16-24-1-4-13-3-30-1-39 2-14 8-23 18-22 9 0 14 13 13 35zm430 13c-2 0-3 3-4 7-3 14-6 17-10 17-5 0-9-7-10-21v-52c0-4-1-8-12-12-5-2-12-4-15 4a209 209 0 0 0-15 50c-1-6-2-17-2-41-1-4-1-8-7-11-3-2-13-6-16-2s-7 13-11 25l-5 15v-34c0-4-2-5-3-5l-12-3c-4 0-5 2-5 5v58c-2 11-8 25-15 25s-10-6-10-33l1-34v-13c0-3-6-5-9-5l-7-1c-2 0-4 2-4 4v4c-4-6-10-9-13-10-10-3-21-1-29 10-6 9-10 19-11 33-2 11-1 22 1 31-3 10-7 14-12 14-7 0-12-11-11-31 0-13 3-22 6-35 1-6 0-8-3-11-2-3-7-4-13-3l-19 4 1-4c2-15-14-14-19-9-3 3-5 6-6 12-1 9 7 13 7 13a139 139 0 0 1-24 51 1390 1390 0 0 1 0-54l1-12c0-3-2-4-5-5l-9-2c-5-1-7 2-7 4v4c-4-6-9-9-13-10-10-3-21-1-29 10-6 9-10 21-11 33v29c-1 8-6 16-11 16-7 0-10-6-10-33v-34l1-13c0-3-6-5-9-5l-8-1c-2 0-4 2-4 4v4c-4-6-9-9-13-10-10-3-20-1-28 10-6 7-10 15-12 33l-1 15c-2 12-11 27-19 27-4 0-8-9-8-27l1-62h27c3 0 6-12 3-13l-16-1-13-1 1-25c0-2-3-4-4-4l-11-3c-5-1-8 0-8 4l-1 27-21-1c-4 0-8 16-3 16l23 1-1 46v3c-3 19-16 29-16 29 3-12-3-22-13-30l-20-15s5-4 9-14c3-7 3-14-4-16-12-3-22 6-25 16-3 7-2 13 3 18l1 2-10 18c-9 15-15 28-21 28-4 0-4-13-4-24l2-41c0-5-3-8-7-11-3-2-8-5-11-5-5 0-19 1-33 39l-5 14 1-46-2-3c-2-1-8-4-14-4-2 0-3 1-3 4l-1 72 1 15 2 6 5 3c2 0 12 2 13-2 0-5 0-10 6-30 8-30 20-45 25-50h2l-2 38c-1 37 6 44 16 44 7 0 18-7 29-26l19-32 11 11c9 8 12 16 10 24-2 6-7 12-17 6l-7-5h-6c-3 3-6 6-7 11-1 4 3 6 8 8 4 2 12 3 17 4 21 0 37-10 49-38 2 24 11 37 26 37 10 0 20-13 25-26 1 6 3 10 6 14 11 19 34 15 46-1l4-7c1 15 13 20 20 20 8 0 16-3 21-16l3 4c11 19 34 15 46-1l1-2v10l-10 9c-18 16-31 29-32 43-2 18 13 25 24 26 12 1 22-6 29-15 5-8 9-25 9-43l-1-25a200 200 0 0 0 38-66h14c2 0 2 0 2 2s-9 34-1 55c5 15 17 19 24 19 8 0 16-6 20-15l1 3c12 19 35 15 46-1l4-7c3 16 15 20 22 20s14-3 19-16l1 12 4 3c7 2 13 1 16 1 2-1 3-2 3-6 1-9 0-25 3-36 5-20 9-27 11-31 2-2 3-2 3 0l2 35c1 13 3 21 5 23 4 7 8 8 12 8 3 0 8-1 8-5 0-3 0-16 5-35 3-13 8-24 10-28a252 252 0 0 0 3 52c5 21 18 23 23 23 11 0 19-7 22-28 0-5-1-9-4-9" fill="#262626"/></svg></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style=" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div></a><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm9AuO0FqQI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_script" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Eric Decker (@ericdecker)</a> on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-08-26T19:09:12+00:00">Aug 26, 2018 at 12:09pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
 

Oh, now he's going to be hanging around that wife of his 24/7.

Not the worst retirement gift.
 

Great Gopher. Between being a Dad, I'm guessing he'll pick up some modeling gigs and eventually will end up in the booth...
 

Will he come home to MN to put roots for his family here? It will be nice to have a few future Deckers in the Gophers fold now that he mills around the wife.
 
Last edited:

I was hoping he could have one last run with Brady as his QB to cement his legacy as an outstanding NFL player to go with his brilliant college career. Best of luck!
 


Would love to see our Athletic Department put him to work. People would respond with a big bounce in donations, especially if our money programs start winning (going to happen).
 

i read that he was dropping lots of balls and this wasn't going over to well with the coaches. That seems surprising to me because the thing I remember about him is that Weber would just throw the ball up for grabs and Decker would always come down with it.
 

Had a great career for being a 2 star recruit. While we will never know. I always wondered what would have happen if he had gone to St. Johns if the U hadn't offered at the end of the recruiting cycle.
 

i read that he was dropping lots of balls and this wasn't going over to well with the coaches. That seems surprising to me because the thing I remember about him is that Weber would just throw the ball up for grabs and Decker would always come down with it.

Yet NE cut what, three WRs so far?
 



Had a great career for being a 2 star recruit. While we will never know. I always wondered what would have happen if he had gone to St. Johns if the U hadn't offered at the end of the recruiting cycle.

Decker was offered a scholarship and committed to the Gophers the summer before his senior year. Was not offered at the end of the cycle. With that said, St Johns knew about him at Rocori and were hoping Mason wouldn't find out about him.
 

i read that he was dropping lots of balls and this wasn't going over to well with the coaches. That seems surprising to me because the thing I remember about him is that Weber would just throw the ball up for grabs and Decker would always come down with it.

I thought the stat was that he only dropped one ball while playing for the Gophers. Sounds crazy, but I would be inclined to believe it.

Could be that he saw he wasn't going to be playing as much as he hoped and just decided to hang it up.
 

Had a great career for being a 2 star recruit. While we will never know. I always wondered what would have happen if he had gone to St. Johns if the U hadn't offered at the end of the recruiting cycle.

Didn’t exactly happen that way, but Kofoed throwing to Gearman, Decker, and BRD would’ve been unstoppable.
 

Does he still live in the area? Would love to get him on staff if he had any interest in coaching. Simon won't be here much longer in my opinion unless he somehow gets promoted.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
 



Does he still live in the area? Would love to get him on staff if he had any interest in coaching. Simon won't be here much longer in my opinion unless he somehow gets promoted.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I loved Decker, but what about him would make him a great coach? Just asking. It just reminded me of the feeling many had about T Carter coaching here a few years ago.
 


Fleck chimes in:

<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Go Gophers!!
 

Per his IG looks like KJ Maye signed with Pats again to take his spot
 




Top Bottom