Raiders DT Sapp ends 13-year career

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OAKLAND -- Warren Sapp's 13-year NFL career officially ended when his retirement was posted on the Oakland Raiders' Web site.

Sapp said immediately after last season that he was through playing, but did not file the paper work. The posting on the team's site was the first official word that the star defensive tackle was done.

In January, the 35-year-old Sapp posted a two-word message on his Web site: "I'M DONE!" He had told teammates and coaches his plans after the season finale against San Diego.

Considered the quintessential "three technique" defensive tackle -- lining up between the offensive guard and tackle -- Sapp made seven Pro Bowls, won the 1999 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award, and led Tampa Bay's dominant defense that won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season.

Sapp spent nine seasons in Tampa before joining the Raiders in 2004 as a free agent. He mostly struggled with the Raiders, except for a strong 2006 in which he had 10 sacks, and had become more of a situational player in his final season.

In 2007, he had only two sacks and the Raiders' defense struggled against the run, allowing a league-worst 4.8 yards per carry.

Sapp finished his career with 961/2 sacks, 28th overall since the NFL began keeping track of the statistic in 1982, but extra impressive because he played tackle.

His running "feud" with Packers quarterback Brett Favre -- who coincidentally announced his retirement Tuesday as well -- brought some levity
to a sometimes brutal game. Sapp was known as a trash talker, and Favre often went directly back at him with a smile when both the Bucs and Packers were in the same division and played twice a season.

Sapp starred in college at Miami, where he arrived as a tight end and left as the best defensive player in the country. He slipped to No. 12 in the 1995 draft after testing positive for marijuana at the scouting combine.

That was just one controversy in Sapp's career. In 2002, he nearly ended the career of Packers offensive tackle Chad Clifton with a vicious hit while trying to throw a block after an interception. Then-Packers coach Mike Sherman confronted Sapp on the field after the game, calling it a dirty play.

Sapp was fined $50,000 for bumping an official in 2003 and was fined $75,000 after being ejected following three personal fouls in the next-to-last game of his career against Jacksonville.
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before he doesnt realize wat we're talking about, deebo when someone does there best that means they cant do any better cause they doing all they can
 
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KrazeeRDM said:
before he doesnt realize wat we're talking about, deebo when someone does there best that means they cant do any better cause they doing all they can
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What I meant was like when someone comes in 2nd place or loses a game.U tell them to make them feel better"you did your best when in reality u want to tell them you lost because u didnt try hard enough.Thats what I meant about Sapp he did the best he could with the unsteady defense the Raiders have had since hes been there.If the Raider Defense wouldve been more solid maybe his stats would've been better and he wouldnt be retiring or Id be saying he did a great job and really mean it.Sapp didnt even play as good as when we had Russell or Maryland.
 
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BIG DEEBO 559 said:
What I meant was like when someone comes in 2nd place or loses a game.U tell them to make them feel better"you did your best when in reality u want to tell them you lost because u didnt try hard enough.Thats what I meant about Sapp he did the best he could with the unsteady defense the Raiders have had since hes been there.If the Raider Defense wouldve been more solid maybe his stats would've been better and he wouldnt be retiring or Id be saying he did a great job and really mean it.Sapp didnt even play as good as when we had Russell or Maryland.
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This reminds me of Terrence Howard in Get Rich or Die Tryin! "When Im right, Im wrong, but when im wrong im right. Sometimes Im wrong but im still right. I could be wrong this time......but im right" Hahahahah!! beebo is a nut! Got Em!!
 
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Jesus Christ...nevermind the ediot.

Great career, dominant for a good stretch (with the Bucs, yeah, yeah...LOL) and his numbers, for his position, are tremendous. Always fun to watch. Good shit, Warren, and fuck you very much for your stint with the Raiders; you were LOST LIKE MOSS in the BLACK HOLE...


Go Raiders.
 
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Warren Sapp was not at his best in Oakland.I guess what I meant is he was in someway a waste of money.He was a bust and he sucked even more when he lost weight this season.Not that I didnt appreciate the liitle he did in Oakland he should of went to the Bengals or retired a Buccaneer instead of coming to Oakland.Burgess now he is a beast.I have nothing bad to say about him.He hasnt lost a step.But how much longer will Burgess be a Raider.With all the overspending going on.
 
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