Canadian offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif waived no-trade clause to allow Kansas City Chiefs to send him to New York Jets at NFL trade deadline
There was no surprise or astonishment when Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif learned his time with the Kansas City Chiefs was over.to the New York Jets on Tuesday before the NFL’s trade deadline. Duvernay-Tardif told reporters Wednesday he’d been talking with the Jets for roughly three weeks and felt comfortable enough about making the move to New York that he waived his no-trade clause with Kansas City to pave the way.
But Duvernay-Tardif – who earned his doctorate in medicine and a master’s degree in surgery from McGill in 2018 – became the first NFL player to opt out of the 2020 season. He left football to battle the COVID-19 pandemic working at a long-term care facility in Montreal. Duvernay-Tardif has been recognized for his decision to put his football career on hold. He was a co-recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete, and was named ESPN’s Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian of the Year, as well as one of Sports Illustrated’s 2020 Sportspersons of the year.
“We’ll see how that goes for next year and the year after that. With football, if there’s one thing that I’ve learned over my last eight years in the league, you’ve got to go one week at a time and that’s what I’m going to try to do.”
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