Patriots safety Devin McCourty says he’ll return for 10th season

Devin McCourty surprised many people on Super Bowl Opening Night when he didn’t dismiss the possibility of retiring after Super Bowl LIII, but the New England Patriots safety has no plans to step away from the NFL just yet. 

McCourty, who turns 32 in August, backtracked his previous comments when he told NFL Network’s Deion Sanders in January, “I don’t know what else I could do that could top” a Super Bowl win, clarifying that he doesn’t play just to win championships.

“It was media night when Deion said that to me, and it’s like, ‘Yeah man, if we win a Super Bowl, I don’t know what else can top that.’ And I think in that moment I kind of forgot like, I don’t play this game just to win Super Bowls,” McCourty explained.  “I’m gonna play,” McCourty told the Sports Spectrum podcast on Thursday.

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A little time away from the game reminded McCourty that he still loves playing.

“There’s so much more that comes from me playing the game that I love. And I think once you get a chance to step away for a couple weeks, now you’re like, ‘Yeah man, I still want to be around these other young guys that come in.'” McCourty said.

McCourty has won three Super Bowl championships (in five total appearances) with the Patriots since the team drafted him out of Rutgers in 2010. The latest triumph came earlier this month when the Pats defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. McCourty also has been named to two Pro Bowls and three All-Pro second teams in his career. He finished the 2018 season with 82 tackles, four passes defensed and an interception returned for a touchdown while starting all 16 games for a third consecutive season.

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