Ravens' Michael Pierce retires from NFL, thanks 'Jesus Christ' for 'beautiful nine years'

Baltimore Ravens antiaircraft tackle Michael Pierce announced his status from the NFL connected Wednesday aft astir a decennary successful the league.

Pierce, 32, spent 9 years successful the NFL, 7 seasons with the Ravens and 1 with the Minnesota Vikings. He opted retired successful 2020 owed to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"I've decided to telephone it a career," Pierce shared the quality connected the "Sports Spectrum" podcast. "It's been a beautiful, beautiful, beauteous 9 years. I've had truthful galore radical assistance maine on the way."

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Baltimore Ravens chemoreceptor tackle Michael Pierce anterior to the crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine M&T Bank Stadium. (Mitch Stringer-USA Today Sports)

"I’d similar to convey a fewer radical personally, evidently my lord and savior, Jesus Christ, archetypal and foremost."

One of the radical helium thanked was erstwhile Ravens wide manager Ozzie Newsome, who signed him arsenic an undrafted escaped cause successful 2016. 

Pierce spent the archetypal 4 seasons of his vocation with the Ravens, past signed a three-year, $27 cardinal declaration with the Vikings anterior to the 2020 season. 

The chemoreceptor tackle opted retired of the COVID play and played 1 play with the Vikings earlier getting released. Pierce past went backmost to wherever it each started, returning to the Ravens connected a three-year, $16.5 cardinal contract. 

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Baltimore Ravens antiaircraft tackle Michael Pierce takes the tract with a subject work subordinate earlier a crippled against the Cleveland Browns astatine M&T Bank Stadium. (Jessica Rapfogel-USA Today Sports)

In his nine-year career, Pierce had 218 full tackles, 9.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, with six fumble recoveries, and 1 memorable interception.

The Ravens were up 35-10 against the Cleveland Browns successful Week 18, connected Jan. 4, 2025, with conscionable implicit 2 minutes near successful the 4th quarter. 

Pierce, the 355-pound chemoreceptor tackle, dropped into sum and intercepted Bailey Zappe and returned it six yards earlier kneeling down. 

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Michael Pierce of the Baltimore Ravens hits Tommy DeVito of the New York Giants astatine MetLife Stadium. (IMAGN)

Pierce’s interception sent the Ravens into a frenzy, arsenic the squad poured disconnected the sideline to mob him. 

"I was shocked myself bro, I’m not gonna prevarication to you," Pierce said astir his interception successful a station to societal media. 

Pierce’s interception came connected the last drawback of his regular-season career.

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