Today on “The SIRIUS Blitz” on SIRIUS NFL Radio, hosts Adam Schein and Tim Hasselbeck spoke with NFL prospect and former University of Missouri TE Martin “Tee” Rucker.
Tee was asked about his brother, Carolina Panthers DE Mike Rucker, and whether he thought Tee’s eventual destination in the NFL would have any effect on whether Mike would decide to retire or come back for another season.
SIRIUS Host Adam Schein: “Any news on your brother’s situation?”
Tee Rucker: “Not yet. I think in the next couple of weeks he’ll have his decision out there but still just not quite sure yet.”
SIRIUS host Tim Hasselbeck: “Does your situation, do you think, play any role in your brother’s decision? Maybe the possibility of playing on the same team as you or even playing against you, do you think that factors in at all in whether he decides to hang ‘em up?”
Tee Rucker: “Yeah, I think that’s a tremendous factor in the situation. I think that he would have hung it up because, you know, he’s a free agent this year. He’s been there for nine years. There’s no reason to continue to play and so I really think that that did play a big factor in it.”
Adam Schein: “Just to hit that point home, if you’re a Panther or if you are drafted by any team in the division – and you’ve talked about how you’d love to play against him – that might increase the likelihood that Mike comes back for another season?”
Tee Rucker: “Yeah. Just gotta get everything right, talk to the right people, make sure all the numbers are right and everything that they are talking about, his role, would it be reduced or increased or whatever.”
Tim Hasselbeck: “Well, let’s face it, too. If people are concerned about your blocking what better way to prove to people you can block than just pancaking your brother, right? That’s got to be some kind of incentive, right?”
Tee Rucker: “Most definitely and that’s what would happen. If we ever go up head-to-head you guys will see it.”
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