Who is more likely to unretire Patrick or Borland. | Page 4

RishikeshA · 2015-04-09T04:09:23-07:00

I know both sailed into the sunset and said they were finished with the sport. My curiosity got the best of me and I looked up a list of athletes that have unretired. Here goes; Michael Jordon George Foreman Brett Favre Roger Clemens Mario Lemieux Sugar Ray Leonard Deion Sanders Ricky Williams Magic Johnson Reggie White Muhammed Ali I'm sure if these guys could make a decision to come back, what about our guys? I know Patrick has more left in the tank and who knows about Borland. Someone like Borland, who puts out 110%, doesn't lose it after checking out the internet. The job market is not that great for someone a year out of school. Who knows?

Apr 9, 2015 at 3:36 PM

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NJNiner
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Favre

Apr 9, 2015 at 3:48 PM

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Originally posted by cciowa:
i take willis at face value, he is one of those few great players that could make a good coach or something for us,, i would love to see him come back in some capacity down the road but i doubt he suits up again. now what if we get to the super bowl and , god forbid one of our linebackers or key pass rushers go down. we could do what we did with tim harris in 94,, and haley in 98,, call him up and see what he would say!!,,,, in regards to borland,, he means nothing to me and i never want him around niner headquarters. f**k him, he can go to on dancing with the stars and be a host for a msnbc program

Having Willis back would could a season turn around for us... Willis and Bowman are family and that leadership would be great.

Apr 9, 2015 at 4:23 PM

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I'd say Willis, but not by much.

Borland seems like a 0% chance to return. He has a fundamental problem with the injury risks associated with football and that's not going away any time soon. He's certainly played his last down.

I give Willis a 1% chance of returning. I personally think he's done for good. At his farewell presser he looked burnt out and relieved to be leaving the game. Maybe his feelings change, but I wouldn't bank on it.

Apr 9, 2015 at 6:50 PM

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Originally posted by NJNiner:
Favre

Favre watch sequence initiate.

Apr 9, 2015 at 7:55 PM

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Originally posted by 49ers81:

Originally posted by cciowa:
if borland came back, i would hope the guys would tie him down in bed and beat him with bars of soap like they did in full metal jacket.

Grow up

lighten up man

Apr 9, 2015 at 8:27 PM

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I think the actual answer is neither.

But if I HAD to pick one, I'd say Willis. There's a 0.00000000001% chance he would have a year off, start feeling great physically, and think he could come back.

Borland's issue is more philosophical, which I don't see him changing.

Apr 10, 2015 at 11:23 AM

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Don't think either will come back. I don't know if Borland is going to have to worry about joining the preverbal rat-race either, he made decent money in 2014 and could use it to start his own business. If I had to choose I'd say Pat....with only a year under his belt its clear Chris Borland doesn't think as highly of the sport as Willis who played much longer.

[ Edited by SaksV on Apr 10, 2015 at 11:24 AM ]

Apr 10, 2015 at 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by Janitor:
I think the actual answer is neither.

But if I HAD to pick one, I'd say Willis. There's a 0.00000000001% chance he would have a year off, start feeling great physically, and think he could come back.

Borland's issue is more philosophical, which I don't see him changing.

Agreed, Willis has played and Borland figured out in one year he cant do this. Willis has a better chance, if he wanted to

Apr 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM

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just don't see either. so until there is some indication that one or the other will......