Carton & Friends

Gabe opens up the 3rd and final hour taking back all the nice stuff he said about Patriots Tight End Rob Gronkowski after a statement was released from his agent saying that Gronk may not be done playing football after the Tight End announced his retirement on his Instagram page Sunday Night. Another NFL player retired yesterday: wideout Jeremy Maclin. These 2 early retirements make Joe and Gabe wonder if players are starting to calculate the risk playing in the NFL has and are deciding to call it quits earlier than usual. This discussion leads into the recent news of Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving quitting the NFL because of the leagues rules about marijuana. Gabe says that the league would rather players pop pills given to the by league doctors rather than the players self medicating with weed, saying that pills are far more destructive to the body than marijuana. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers