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Strike That: Samuels Reportedly Will Sit Out Remainder Of Season, ‘Likely’ Retire

Earlier Friday, the Washington Post’s Jason Reid reported that the Redskins’ Chris Samuels, was planning to retire. However, it seems as though Samuels has not, in fact, made his decision yet.

Redskins Pro Bowl left tackle Chris Samuels has decided to sit out the remainder of this season and most likely will retire because of a severe neck injury he suffered about two weeks ago, league sources said.

As The Player Hater’s Ball points out, this is quite different from Reid’s original post, which seems to have disappeared.

Here was the lede of the original entry (which is still showing up on Google):

Redskins Pro Bowl left tackle Chris Samuels has decided to retire because of a severe neck injury he suffered about two weeks ago.

And the new one:

Redskins Pro Bowl left tackle Chris Samuels has decided to sit out the remainder of this season and most likely will retire because of a severe neck injury he suffered about two weeks ago, league sources said.

I may be wrong (perhaps this is a technical error or something) and I hope so. But it appears as if Reid (or whomever) was trying to cover their ass by deleting the erroneous report and covering it up with a newer, more accurate one.

We don’t know what the full story is yet, but if Reid’s second post is the correct one, Samuels is sitting out the rest of the season and deciding his long-term plans in the coming months. Stay tuned.

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