{"id":131740,"date":"2022-08-25T08:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T12:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=131740"},"modified":"2022-09-22T07:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:20:43","slug":"jc-tretter-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/25\/jc-tretter-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"JC Tretter Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NFL veteran center JC Tretter has announced his retirement. Tretter, an eight-year NFL veteran and current president of the NFLPA, spent the 2021 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> but has also played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\" target=\"_self\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On to the next chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDGTlyhZr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gDGTlyhZr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JC Tretter (@JCTretter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCTretter\/status\/1562782499151167491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>More Leaguewide News:<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/23\/jessie-bates-signs-franchise-tag\/\" target=\"_self\"> Jessie Bates Signs Franchise Tag<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/28\/trey-flowers-signs-contract-with-miami-dolphins\/\" target=\"_self\">Trey Flowers Signs With Miami<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>JC Tretter Announces Retirement<\/h2>\n<p>JC Tretter spent the 2021 season snapping the ball to Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum on the Cleveland Browns. Despite Cleveland&#8217;s relatively underwhelming season, Tretter himself had a strong campaign that continued to solidify him as one of the better centers in the game. According to Pro Football Focus, Tretter&#8217;s 78.7 PFF grade ranked sixth out of 39 eligible players at the position. Despite his strong play, the Browns cut Tretter in order to save $8.2 million in cap space.<\/p>\n<p>Tretter originally entered the league as a fourth-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Selected by the Green Bay Packers, the Cornell product didn&#8217;t play a single game as a rookie. Tretter started the season on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list and wasn&#8217;t activated until December of that very same season. By the time he was eligible to make it back on the field, Green Bay&#8217;s offensive line had already found their rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Tretter suffered yet another injury in 2014, as he landed on the short-term injured reserve in early September. The offensive lineman eventually returned to the field in November, appearing in a total of eight games throughout the season. Tretter stayed healthy in 2015 before health ailments struck again in 2016. Tretter started the first seven games of the season before suffering a knee injury midway through the season. While he tried to get back on the field, the injury ultimately required surgery and Tretter finished the year on the injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Tretter&#8217;s early career health issues never followed him to Cleveland. The Cornell product started in 80 out of a possible 81 games over his five years with the Browns organization.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"bwijtZ7mTyRgZIYCtNNaZg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1364019995\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'bwijtZ7mTyRgZIYCtNNaZg',sig:'vpSwdRTlGVgD4yphB-HyJMyaPEOuUOQ-uuEVZcfaQQI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1364019995',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran center JC Tretter signed a new contract. 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