Antoine Bethea retired from the NFL today after 14 years

[Dogg63]

Antoine hung up his cleats today. He was one of my favorite Colts. #41 !!

 

[pgt_rob]

Wow, I thought he retired a few years back. I liked him as a Colt.

[shasta519]

Only jersey I have ever bought. Bethea was the man.

[Dogg63]

Bethea's career NFL stats:

 

209 games

1,333 tackles

81 PD, 25 INTs, 1 TD

33 TFL, 26 QB Hits

9.5 sacks

9 FF, 7 FR

3x pro bowl 

SB XLI Champ

[chad72]

His rookie year was when we son the SB. One of my favorite and underrated Colts. Intercepted Brady in 2006, 2007 & 2009 regular season games (2007 & 2009 were throws to Moss), 3 years in a row except when Brady missed the 2008 season, not an easy thing to accomplish.

[The Fish]

Dude should have been a Colt for years more than he was. One of Grig's early red flag moves.

 

A totally underrated, hall of very good player. 

[Smonroe]

What a solid guy!  Came out of nowhere, small college, to be a mainstay in our D for so many years.

 

 

[Indyfan4life]

2 hours ago, The Fish said:

Dude should have been a Colt for years more than he was. One of Grig's early red flag moves.

 

A totally underrated, hall of very good player. 

Yup. Grigs definitely dropped the ball in letting him go.

[Chrisaaron1023]

Congrats! #41! enjoy retirement! 

[GoColts8818]

What a great career.  A real unsung hero of the Colts defense in the Manning days.  

[Four2itus]

Still * he was moved on from. 

[DynaMike]

Good player, good guy, heck of a career. Congratulations Antoine & good luck in your next venture!

[ProblChld32]

11 hours ago, Dogg63 said:

Antoine hung up his cleats today. He was one of my favorite Colts. #41 !!

 

He had an impeccable career given being drafted in the 6th round.

[Dogg63]

A respectful salute from the Colts.

 

[Horse Shoe Heaven]

Loved Antonie, was a very good player was sad when he left, congratulations on a great career!!

[life long]

Ring of honor in my book

[coming on strong]

proves how bad grigson was , got rid of bethea in his prime fo landry who was horrible .  Even getting rid of a prime jerry hughes who would have 10 sacks the year after getting rid of him along with a prime garcon .   Grigson has to be the worst gm of all time .

[life long]

1 hour ago, coming on strong said:

proves how bad grigson was , got rid of bethea in his prime fo landry who was horrible .  Even getting rid of a prime jerry hughes who would have 10 sacks the year after getting rid of him along with a prime garcon .   Grigson has to be the worst gm of all time .

Don't forget the wasted money on Arthur Jones and Gosder Cherilus?. 1st round pick for Trent Richardson. If it wasn't for Luck we would've had many seasons with less than 5 wins. Crazy how much Luck bandaged everything together as long as he did.

[John Waylon]

Wish he had been a lifer with us. 
 

You couldn’t ask for a more solid and dependable safety. 
 

 

[SteelCityColt]

2 hours ago, coming on strong said:

proves how bad grigson was , got rid of bethea in his prime fo landry who was horrible .  Even getting rid of a prime jerry hughes who would have 10 sacks the year after getting rid of him along with a prime garcon .   Grigson has to be the worst gm of all time .

That take on Hughes is one of the biggest red herrings going. Hughes made it clear he wanted out prior to Grigson. For reasons unknown he has a massive chip on his shoulder about the Colts that predates Grigson. 
 

He was never going to flourish here like he ultimately did in Buffalo.

[LJpalmbeacher2]

One of my favorites.  A good, underrated player. 

[Dogg63]

AB tweeted this today. He wants to hear from fans on his phone at 757-210-5833. I sent him a text earlier to thank him for what he stood for as a player and as a Colt.

 

 

[chad72]

SB 41 won with Bethea rookie year jersey 41, it was like it was meant to be.  

[Mackrel829]

On 1/7/2021 at 2:28 PM, shasta519 said:

Only jersey I have ever bought. Bethea was the man.

 

He was the second colts jersey j ever bought after Dallas Clark. Two guys that epitomise why I fell in love with the Colts. Humble, hard-working, and committed to the cause.

[indyagent17]

Great player and a great guy

 

[CurBeatElite]

On 1/8/2021 at 9:38 AM, Dogg63 said:

A respectful salute from the Colts.

 

 

Impressive that he held onto that after that collision with Cato.

[Nesjan3]

all i have to say is Grigson must have been a heck of a salesman to get the job in the first place, Jim does not seem like an unintelligent guy. 

 

Should have been a Colt for more years then he was. Listening to former players of that regime describing the locker room and atmosphere after Grigson came in. It was like he took one of the best cultures in the league and just demolished it. 

 

Congrats Antoine on a great career.

[NFLfan]

On 1/7/2021 at 8:24 AM, Dogg63 said:

Antoine hung up his cleats today. He was one of my favorite Colts. #41 !!

 

 

Wow. Very nice post. What a classy individual that he is! 

[colt18]

Bethea was * awesome. Him and Sanders were a great safety tandem