

Of course, he shouted out the personnel in Kansas City as well: ”Jim Michalczik, my college OL Coach and the one who taught me the fundamentals and principles I used my entire career… The Cleveland Browns and Tom Heckert for drafting me… George Warhop, my first NFL OL Coach…” He also gave special thanks to his family, and a number of other individuals: Winning the Super Bowl was the pinnacle of my career.” ”I’ve enjoyed so much about my time in the NFL and am walking away feeling very fulfilled.

In his farewell note, he paid homage to the 2019-2020 Chiefs team who won Super Bowl 54:
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He missed out on the Chiefs second Super Bowl appearance, and Chiefs fans have anxiously been awaiting an update on his health ever since - quietly hoping that he would someday return. In 2020, the ninth season of Schwartz’s career, his season was cut short when he suffered a back injury in Week 6. The former All-Pro tackle (first-team in 2018 second team in 2016, 2017, and 2019) and Super Bowl 54 champion was a staple of the Chiefs’ evolution into the kings of the AFC. The nerve pain down my legs is no longer a daily occurrence, but it might never fully go away.” Longtime Chiefs OT Mitchell Schwartz officially retires from the NFL I’m currently feeling as good as I have since then, but it’s cleat my body won’t ever be the same.

I had surgery last February and have been doing rehab ever since. It’s been almost two years since I injured my back. Schwartz offered some insight as to why he finally decided it was time to hang up his cleats:
