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John Simon Color Rush Jersey , and if he wanted to continue to play football there’s a chance he could. But he has decided to try a different sport.As explained by Gilbert Manzano of the Southern California News Group, McCain hopes to make it in MMA.McCain became a solid contibutor to the Chargers in 2017, racking up five sacks in 15 appearances. The Chargers applied a $1.9 million restricted free agency tender offer for 2018, but an accusation of spitting on a woman and grabbing her neck, which resulted in two counts of misdemeanor battery, prompted the Chargers to rescind the tender. (McCain denies the allegations.) He later signed with the Colts, but he was released during the 2018 preseason.McCain has decided not to return to football, because he believes football was the root of his problems.“I had hit the worst points of my life when I was playing in the NFL,” McCain said. “I just can’t [return to the NFL]. There is no point. More money, more problems. No point. Less money, less problems. I’m not making nearly as much as I was making in the NFL, and I don’t hear from nearly over 80 percent of the people I met and know https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Chester-Rogers-Jersey , which I’m thankful for. God showed me something. I’m blessed with the people still in my corner and people I talk to, but definitely showed me something.”So McCain, who also played for the Dolphins and Saints, texted former Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, expressing an interest to try fighting.“I just got a lot of anger and frustration,” McCain said. “I really needed to figure out what it is I can do to really help me express myself, and football just wasn’t enough. I’m getting tired of being fined for stuff. Fighting in the locker room. Fighting on the field. Sitting out a practice because you’re fighting in practice. Had joint practices with different teams, getting in fights on that. It was just a lot. I just think this is what I need to be doing. . . . To be in the NFL, it’s not worth the stress and depression. It’s really not.”His new sport is worth it, because he believes his new sport is helping him.“This is my therapy, me beating you up, and I can beat you up the right way Antonio Morrison Jersey ,” McCain said.He makes his official MMA debut on Saturday, as he attempts to beat up Jamal Harris (0-2) as an unpaid amateur in Merriman’s second Lights Out Xtreme Fighting event.McCain hopes to eventually fight Jon Jones. McCain has a very long way to go to get to that point, but if the talent he showed as a pass rusher translates to the octagon, McCain could end up having an interesting second career. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts started training camp with Anthony Castonzo and Denzelle Good pegged as their starting offensive tackles.Two weeks into the season neither has taken a snap.Somehow, though, the backup plan has worked out better than anyone anticipated.“I just give those guys a lot of credit,” coach Frank Reich said on a conference call Monday. “That’s life in the NFL unfortunately. So, I think those guys have done very well in the first two games. The pass protection has been very good.”Keeping Andrew Luck upright and healthy has been the Colts’ top concern for years.It explains why the Colts used a first-round pick in 2016 on center Ryan Kelly and another first-rounder on left guard Quenton Nelson this spring.The constant, as usual, was supposed to be Castonzo, who had started all but seven games since being a first-round pick in 2011.But with Castonzo still recovering from a problematic hamstring injury and Good out with knee and wrist injuries, the Colts finally appear to have found a solution.After moving Joe Haeg Kenny Moore Color Rush Jersey , their most versatile lineman, from the right side to left tackle in Week 1, the Colts moved him back to a more familiar spot, right tackle in Week 2 and plugged backup Le’Raven Clark into the spot Castonzo normally occupies and suddenly everything clicked.Indy (1-1) allowed just one sack and helped pave the way for 104 yards rushing on 28 carries.Luck, meanwhile, has been sacked only three times in two weeks — a stark improvement after being sacked 156 times in his first 70 regular-season starts.“Great job, great job. Le’Raven going on the left tackle, he did a hell of a job,” Luck said after Sunday’s 21-9 victory at Washington.“I’m very, very proud of him and Joe is a grinder. He’s going to do his job. He’s going to lay it all out there. I am so proud of the guys up front. They did a really good job in pass protection, really good job in the run game.”The question, of course https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Jeremiah-George-Jersey , is whether Indy can keep it up.Luck has already played behind two different starting offensive line combinations and could make it three in three weeks if Castonzo returns Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles strong defensive front.Either way, it appears the Colts believe they feel comfortable plugging holes along the line until Castonzo, Good or both return.“We played really well,” Reich said. “We lost Castonzo. We think he’s going to be back. If he’s not back, Le’Raven Clark steps in at left tackle and he plays well. Joe, playing right tackle he’s going up against (Ryan Kerrigan), who’s one of the best players in the league, and we get good protection pretty much all day.”Notes: Reich confirmed cornerback Quincy Wilson has been diagnosed with a concussion and will enter the league’s protocol and that defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway injured his calf Sunday. He did not say when either player is expected to return.