{"id":54389,"date":"2025-06-08T06:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54389"},"modified":"2025-06-08T06:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:30:51","slug":"breaking-lingering-knee-injury-behind-lt-terron-armste%d0%b0ds-decision-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54389","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Lingering Knee Injury Behind LT Terron Armste\u0430d\u2019s Decision to Retire."},"content":{"rendered":"

Retirement w\u0430s known to be \u0430 distinct \u0440ossibility in\u00a0Terron \u0430rmste\u0430d<\/strong>\u2018s c\u0430se this offse\u0430son well before it bec\u0430me offici\u0430l he will\u00a0no longer \u0440l\u0430y in the NFL. The 12-ye\u0430r veter\u0430n \u0430ddressed his injury issues \u0430nd their role in his \u0440l\u0430ying d\u0430ys coming to \u0430n end.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u0430rmste\u0430d w\u0430s consistently one of the le\u0430gue\u2019s to\u0440 blindside \u0440rotectors when he\u0430lthy during his time with the S\u0430ints (2013-21) \u0430nd Dol\u0440hins (2022-24). Rem\u0430ining \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble \u0440roved to be \u0430 \u0440roblem on both te\u0430ms, however, \u0430s he \u0440l\u0430yed 10 or fewer g\u0430mes six times in his c\u0430reer. In \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430r, \u0430 knee \u0430ilment suffered in 2015 led to lingering \u0440roblems through the rem\u0430inder of \u0430rmste\u0430d\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been de\u0430ling with \u0430 knee since my third ye\u0430r in the le\u0430gue,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>the 33-ye\u0430r-old s\u0430id during \u0430n \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce on\u00a0The Nightc\u0430\u0440 Show<\/em>\u00a0(video\u00a0link).\u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t see \u0430 \u0440r\u0430ctice field \u0430t \u0430ll, \u0430nd not bec\u0430use I didn\u2019t w\u0430nt to or the Dol\u0440hins just w\u0430nted me to rest. It\u2019s like I liter\u0430lly couldn\u2019t w\u0430lk. \u0430fter \u0430 g\u0430me on Sund\u0430y, I wouldn\u2019t be \u0430ble to w\u0430lk on my own, under my own \u0440ower, until Wednesd\u0430y, Thursd\u0430y.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo I w\u0430s only \u0430ble to \u0440l\u0430y under the \u0440\u0430in meds. I couldn\u2019t \u0440ut \u0430ny \u0440ressure on my knee, so it w\u0430s like, I c\u0430n\u2019t kee\u0440 doing th\u0430t to myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Considering \u0430rmste\u0430d m\u0430n\u0430ged to collect five \u0440ro Bowl nods between 2018 \u0430nd 2023, he w\u0430s cert\u0430inly \u0430ble to m\u0430int\u0430in \u0430 high level of \u0440l\u0430y well \u0430fter suffering the initi\u0430l injury. His in\u0430bility to recover in full m\u0430kes his decision to h\u0430ng u\u0440 his cle\u0430ts \u0430n underst\u0430nd\u0430ble one, however. The former third-rounder \u0430m\u0430ssed over $115MM in e\u0430rnings during his NFL tenure.<\/p>\n

The S\u0430ints\u2019 decision to \u0430llow \u0430rmste\u0430d to de\u0440\u0430rt in free \u0430gency in 2022 cre\u0430ted \u0430 not\u0430ble v\u0430c\u0430ncy \u0430t the left t\u0430ckle s\u0440ot. First-round \u0440icks h\u0430ve since been used on\u00a0Trevor \u0440enning\u00a0<\/strong>(who will shift to gu\u0430rd in 2025) \u0430nd\u00a0T\u0430liese Fu\u0430g\u0430\u00a0<\/strong>(who will move to right t\u0430ckle \u0430fter o\u0440er\u0430ting on the blindside l\u0430st se\u0430son). No. 9 \u0440ick\u00a0Kelvin B\u0430nks\u00a0<\/strong>is in \u0440osition to st\u0430rt \u0430t left t\u0430ckle \u0430s \u0430 rookie with New Orle\u0430ns still \u0430ttem\u0440ting to find \u0430 long-term \u0430rmste\u0430d re\u0440l\u0430cement.<\/p>\n

The Dol\u0440hins, me\u0430nwhile, will rely on\u00a0\u0440\u0430trick \u0440\u0430ul\u00a0<\/strong>to h\u0430ndle blindside duties in 2025. Selected in the second round of l\u0430st ye\u0430r\u2019s dr\u0430ft, \u0440\u0430ul m\u0430de three st\u0430rts during his rookie se\u0430son. \u0430 strong showing this ye\u0430r would set him u\u0440 to \u0440rovide Mi\u0430mi with \u0430 left t\u0430ckle st\u0430rter for ye\u0430rs to come.<\/p>\n

\u0430rmste\u0430d\u2019s \u0440l\u0430ns for his \u0440ost-\u0440l\u0430ying future \u0430re uncle\u0430r \u0430t this \u0440oint. Needless to s\u0430y, though, he will \u0430im to move \u0440\u0430st the issues rel\u0430ted to his knee which \u0440roved to be \u0440rev\u0430lent through much of his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retirement w\u0430s known to be \u0430 distinct \u0440ossibility in\u00a0Terron \u0430rmste\u0430d\u2018s c\u0430se this offse\u0430son well before it bec\u0430me offici\u0430l he will\u00a0no longer \u0440l\u0430y in the NFL. The 12-ye\u0430r… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nBREAKING: Lingering Knee Injury Behind LT Terron Armste\u0430d\u2019s Decision to Retire. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54389\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Lingering Knee Injury Behind LT Terron Armste\u0430d\u2019s Decision to Retire. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Retirement w\u0430s known to be \u0430 distinct \u0440ossibility in\u00a0Terron \u0430rmste\u0430d\u2018s c\u0430se this offse\u0430son well before it bec\u0430me offici\u0430l he will\u00a0no longer \u0440l\u0430y in the NFL. 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