According to The US Sun, the team’s chiefs offered the $9m deal hoping he would be tempted to play for a 14th year. However, it is believed that the seven-time Pro Bowl pick decided to move onto his next chapter after lengthy discussions with his close ones.

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An source said: “Jason is a passionate guy, he loves football so much and he went through a lot of things in the last few weeks of the season and when the Eagles season ended. He knows that he wasn’t getting younger, and seeing his brother winning another Super Bowl had him rethink maybe going back to play another season.

“But he took the best decision as he feels that he needed to stop his career. He loves Philly, the franchise, but he also wants to spend more time with his family and start another career in his life, which he knows is going to be very exciting.”