Frank Gore is heading into the final stretch of his 14th NFL season, but the veteran running back isn’t necessarily ready to hang up his cleats. Gore told reporters that he’s taking it one season at a time as he approaches the end of his career.
“I’m still year-to-year,” Gore said (via Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com). “I’m going to really take a look at me after the season. Hopefully, I can try to finish strong and do whatever it takes to help my team be successful and also have individual success. I’m going to just evaluate myself and my body and see if I really want to do it again this offseason. I take it one year at a time.”
The 35-year-old hasn’t shown many signs of decline this season. In 10 games with the Dolphins, Gore has compiled 528 rushing yards on 117 carries, and his 4.5 yards-per-carry is his highest mark since 2012. With three more years of similar production, Gore could find himself jumping Barry Sanders and Walter Payton to rank second on the all-time rushing list.
For the time being, Gore is simply focused on this season with the Dolphins. That includes a matchup with his former team, the Colts, this weekend. With Indy on the rise, the running back was asked if he may have signed with that organization too early.
“I can’t say that, man,” Gore said. “They were coming off the AFC Championship [game]. When you’re looking from the outside looking in, you don’t know what’s in the locker room until you get there. . . . When you’re playing with a bunch of injured guys, that’s tough in this league. It’s already hard to win when you’ve got guys healthy. So imagine when you don’t, especially the main guys who run the show. I had a great three years there. The organization was great. Great people. We were fighting. Things just didn’t go the way I was planning.”
I’m gonna guess that Gore never retires
Same
One of the most underrated players ever. When you hear of all the great RB’s his name doesn’t get mentioned and really it should. I pray he comes and retires a 9er, I hate seeing him on other teams even though I am happy he’s still finding success.
I hope he resigns with Miami
AS ALWAYS, I apologize for the double post. No idea why it happens every time I post
No apology needed. I don’t see your double post. My app will do double posts too but it looks like fellow users don’t see them. Which is good! 🙂
Frank Gore will be inducted into the HOF. I hope when he shows up for the ceremony he wears his socks too low to remind people that Roger Goodell once fined him $10,000 for doing that in a game.
I’ll never forget his first year as a full time starter. Played every game and averaged over 100 yrds rushing a game while averaging over 5 yrds per carry. I personally find it hard to not root for him. To my knowledge he wasn’t an issue in the locker room and the man came to play week in and week out even though he has dealt with a plethora of injuries in his career.