MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen announced his retirement in a truly Jared Allen-esque way Thursday: by riding off “into the sunset” on his horse.
In a Twitter video posted Thursday morning, Allen thanks everyone for an amazing 12-year career, and acknowledges his plans to ride off into the sunset didn’t quite go as planned.
“This was the part where I was going to ride off into the sunset, but seeing how there’s no sunset, I’m just gonna ride off,” Allen said.
And with a wave, he was off.
Riding off into the sunset pic.twitter.com/wZXovseGKS
— Jared Allen (@JaredAllen69) February 18, 2016
After being traded from the Kansas City Chiefs, Allen played with the Vikings from 2008 to 2013. There, he set numerous records, including most regular season sacks by a Vikings (22), most consecutive games with a sack (11) and most safeties in a season (2).
