nydailynews.com - 6/10/2008
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The final tackle of Michael Strahan's career was a third-quarter sack of Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. He had the perfect exit strategy. He goes from the Super Bowl to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 2013.
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Michael Strahan right to leave after winning Super Bowl
Giant Football Blog —
... the news that Michael Strahan, the all-time Giants sack leader with an asterisk, had decided to walk away from the NFL as a Super Bowl champion. That sure beat LT's final game, a 44-3 loss to the 49ers in the divisional round of the playoffs following the 1993 season. Not too many get to go out like Strahan, on his own terms, coming off a championship, still a Pro Bowl-caliber player and his team still very much wanting him to play. John Elway did it 10 years ago. That might be it. Continue
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Michael Strahan stood at a podium at Giants Stadium today, and with a straight face said he would have retired with or without a Super Bowl championship. But it sure made it a whole lot easier. "Either way I would have retired," Strahan said...
