Nine time Pro Bowler, John Lynch has decided to leave the Denver Broncos and is strongly considering retirement.

“I met with Mike (Shanahan), and we both knew it wasn’t really working,” Lynch said. “To coach’s credit, he understood it and is allowing me to seek other opportunities. Just in my gut, it didn’t feel right anymore, but Mike couldn’t have been any better about it. …

“Coach was appreciative that I played here and made four Pro Bowls for him and was captain of the team, but in the end, I couldn’t do what I hoped to deliver, which was help bring Denver a championship. And I regret that.”

For the past decade John Lynch has been one of the best safeties in the National Football League but it’s time for him to call it a career and start preparing his Hall of Fame speech.