Former San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Quinton Dial announced his retirement from the NFL in a post on his instagram account Thursday night.“I want to thank the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers for the opportunity that you gave a country boy from a small town in Alabama when no one else would. To the fans Jimmy Graham Jersey , thanks for the countless memories that have made the last five years something special,” Dial wrote.Dial was a fifth-round pick of the 49ers in 2013 and would appear in 46 games with 34 starts during his four years with the team. He spent one year with the Green Bay Packers in 2017 where he appeared in 13 games with two starts. He did not play in the league last season.Dial has totaled 145 tackles with 4.5 sacks and five passes defended during his five years in the NFL.“I’ve faced a lot of injuries throughout my career and I feel it is in my best interest to hang up the cleats and pursue another career,” Dial continued. “I am excited about what the future holds for my family and I. Again, thank you all for the countless support over the years! I will miss all of you guys! #TeamDialOut” Neither the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears weren’t playing on Sunday. However, unlike in most recent years, when the reigning Super Bowl champions would host the opening game of the following NFL season Elgton Jenkins Green Bay Packers Jersey , it appears that the league has different plans for 2019.This will be the league’s 100th season, something that was the subject of a rather entertaining commercial during Super Bowl LIII. As a result, the league has designs on featuring its oldest rivalry instead in the opening game:In 2018, the Packers and Bears got the first Sunday Night Football game of the year in week one. That game ended up earning the NFL’s Moment of the Year in Saturday’s NFL Honors ceremony. Let’s just hope that in this coming season’s opener, Aaron Rodgers’ knee doesn’t get messed up and he can just beat the Bears normally. Of course, those two teams have played each other 198 times Elgton Jenkins Jersey 2019 , including two playoff games, which makes it the most-played rivalry in pro football. It would be a fitting start to a historic season, particularly since the Bears are coming off a division title and the Packers are hoping for a bounce-back year under new head coach Matt LaFleur.Now here are the rest of your curds for today, featuring some discussions about last night’s awful, awful Super Bowl, which saw the Patriots beat the Rams 13-3.Packers running back Aaron Jones guarantees Super Bowl berth in 2019 | Packers WireJones has seen what other running backs have done with Matt LaFleur around Color Rush Elgton Jenkins Jersey , and he's excited about it. He's so excited, in fact, that he indeed guaranteed that the Packers will be in next year's Super Bowl in Miami.MT5: Matt LaFleur is off and running | Packers.comPackers president/CEO Mark Murphy took some questions this week, and as usual there's not much to report. However, he does say that he's disappointed that the Packers haven't played a road game in London yet, and he expects the basic financial structure of the NFL to remain the same under the next CBA.Super Bowl 2019 results: 7 reasons that was one of the most boring ever - SBNation.comWe hope you had some good food and company last night Cheap Elgton Jenkins Jersey , because pretty much everything relating to the game itself -- except for the drama around how long the national anthem lasted -- was a dud.Sean McVay: 'I didn't do enough for us' in SB LIII loss - NFL.comAll that motion and creativity before the snap doesn't mean much if you never actually hand the football off to the motion man. Not to mention the fact that the Rams didn't convert a third down until after halftime. It was a brutal performance from everyone on the normally-explosive Rams offense, and McVay rightly takes most of the blame.Minnesotans Embrace Warm Weather In Wake Of Polar Vortex – WCCO | CBS MinnesotaI'm sure the same headline was written about Wisconsin as well.