{"id":2718,"date":"2013-01-31T09:11:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T14:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2013-01-31T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T14:26:27","slug":"packers-wr-donald-driver-set-to-retire-says-im-not-coming-back-im-at-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/01\/31\/packers-wr-donald-driver-set-to-retire-says-im-not-coming-back-im-at-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers WR Donald Driver set to retire, says &#8220;I&#8217;m not coming back. I&#8217;m at peace.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/01\/dd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2719\" alt=\"dd\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/01\/dd.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/01\/dd.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/01\/dd-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/01\/dd-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver is set to retire on Feb 6, 2013 according to a team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.packers.com\/news-and-events\/article-1\/Donald-Driver-to-formally-retire-at-Feb-6-Atrium-event\/f0e253de-46c0-4781-90ab-28fed669163e?campaign=t130131_driver_presser\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>. Driver is the Packers all-time leading receiver in receptions and yards. He was a member of the Super Bowl XLV Championship team.<\/p>\n<p>Driver was a part of three Pro Bowl teams and had seven seasons where he had over 1,000 yards at WR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played my entire career in Green Bay and have always enjoyed a special bond with the fans,\u201d said Driver. \u201cI can think of no better way to retire than to celebrate with them and the Packers organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driver will retire at a public event that is taking place in the Lambeau Field Auditorium. Fans can get free tickets starting on Feb 1 at the ticket office.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a title=\"Ray Lewis: \u201cThis will be my last ride\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/01\/02\/ray-lewis-this-will-be-my-last-ride\/\">Ray Lewis retiring after Super Bowl<\/a> | <a title=\"Ray Lewis to join ESPN\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/01\/03\/ray-lewis-to-join-espn\/\">Lewis to join ESPN<\/a> | <a title=\"Ray Lewis final pregame dance\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/01\/06\/ray-lewis-final-pregame-dance\/\">Lewis last home pre game dance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Driver has been a member of the Packers for 14 years. When he was asked if he would ever change his mind and come back, he said, &#8220;I&#8217;m not coming back. I&#8217;m at peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver is set to retire on Feb 6, 2013 according to a team press release. Driver is the Packers all-time leading receiver in receptions and yards. He was a member of the Super Bowl XLV Championship team. Driver was a part of three Pro Bowl teams and had seven seasons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[223,153],"coauthors":[28],"class_list":{"0":"post-2718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-donald-driver","8":"tag-green-bay-packers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2718"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}