Martellus Bennett Will Remain Retired, Despite Talk Of Him Possibly Re-Joining Patriots

A report from a few weeks ago mentioned that veteran TE Martellus Bennett is interested in coming out of retirement to join his brother, Michael Bennett, in New England.

However, Martellus posted on his Instagram account last night that he plans to remain retired:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swipe. This is why I can’t come out of retirement. I would love to play ball with my brother it would truly be a dream come true. But my biggest dream is to change lives with my creativity and that is what I am currently doing @theimaginationagency these kids don’t need another athlete to look up to or to aspire to be there’s plenty of inspiration out there for that. I want to inspire the next wave of creatives. The storytellers. The engineers. The designers. The doctors. The filmmakers. The composers. Tech moguls. And maybe a few athletes who like me never felt like they belonged in a locker room. I was never one of the guys guys most of my teammates would tell that. I’ve always been a creative who enjoyed competing. I’m playing the game that I was made to play and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had. Scoring touchdowns winning a super bowl has never made me feel the way seeing kids/families/people enjoying things I have created. I’m doing my life’s work fulfilling what I believe to be my life’s purpose. I hope everyone finds something that makes them as happy and as fulfilled as I have with my work @theimaginationagency I appreciate all of the love but this is waaaaayyy bigger than the game of football. Get your copy today. Link in my bio

A post shared by Martellus Bennett (@martellusb) on Mar 17, 2019 at 1:04pm PDT

Bennett announced his retirement from the NFL last year.

Bennett, 31, is a former second-round pick of the Cowboys back in 2008. He had brief stints with the Giants, Bears and Patriots before signing on with the Packers as a free agent last year.

Green Bay elected to waive Bennett midseason with a failure to disclose medical condition designation and he was later claimed off of waivers by the Patriots before eventually being placed on injured reserve.

Bennett was entering the second year of his three-year, $21 million contract and set to make a base salary of $5.65 million for the 2018 season when the Patriots released him last offseason.

In 2017, Bennett appeared in nine games and caught 30 passes for 286 yards receiving and no touchdowns for the Packers and Patriots.