Despite his successful comeback, safety Eric Weddle of the Los Angeles Rams is not planning another season in the NFL. After the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals, it should be the end for the veteran.

Munich – The story of Eric Weddle could also be the template for a typical Sunday afternoon movie.

An ageing star player who has already ended his active career laces up his football shoes one last time to support his former team in need of injury. Despite two years off, he is able to keep up with the young players and in the end reaches the Super Bowl with his team.

Many Rams fans probably hoped that the safety would take the Rams to the final of the Lombardi Trophy after signing in January. However, few expected him to play such a central role in the defence.

Against the San Francisco 49ers in the Championship Game, Weddle delivered a magnificent performance with nine tackles – the most of any Rams defender – and one tackle for loss. His advanced age of 37 was not at all apparent.

Eric Weddle: Back in retirement after Super Bowl

Although he can obviously still keep up with the young players, Weddle’s active career will finally come to an end after the Super Bowl on 13 February.

“After this game, I have no choice but to go back to my old life,” he told the “NFL Network”. “After that, there will be no more comebacks either. I’m not going to play anywhere, not with any other team. No, no, no, then it’s over.”

He cited the fact that he had nothing to lose since returning as the reason he jumped into the fountain of youth: “I didn’t have to save myself for anything. Not for another season, not for an offseason – last week I didn’t even have to save myself for the Super Bowl because it wasn’t guaranteed by any means. “

Weddle “just gave it his all “

“I just gave it everything I had left in me,” he concluded. With six Pro Bowl nominations, Weddle is considered by many experts to be one of the best defensive players of the 2010s, but he is still waiting for Super Bowl success.

Now it’s up to Weddle and the Rams to see if the Hollywood-brand story has a happy ending.