Date | News |
7/03/25 | ‘I Don’t Know That His Head and Heart Is in the Game’ – NFL Analyst Rips Darren Waller’s NFL Return to Miami. Mike Florio questions whether Darren Waller truly wants to play football after the former Pro Bowler ended his retirement to join the Miami Dolphins in a controversial trade. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-analyst-dar... |
7/03/25 | ‘I Don’t Know That His Head and Heart Is in the Game’ – NFL Analyst Rips Darren Waller’s NFL Return to Miami. Mike Florio questions whether Darren Waller truly wants to play football after the former Pro Bowler ended his retirement to join the Miami Dolphins in a controversial trade. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-analyst-dar... |
7/03/25 | Waller unretiring as Dolphins trade for tight end. Darren Waller is coming out of retirement to play for the Dolphins, filling the team's void at the position after Jonnu Smith was traded to the Steelers on Monday. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45631064/darre... |
7/03/25 | AFC East: After blockbuster trade, Dolphins land Darren Waller in another deal with Giants. The Dolphins are active again this week on the trade weekend. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/afc-east-blockbus... |
7/02/25 | Waller unretiring as Dolphins trade for tight end. Darren Waller is coming out of retirement to play for the Dolphins, filling the team's void at the position after Jonnu Smith was traded to the Steelers on Monday. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45631064/darre... |
7/02/25 | Waller unretiring as Dolphins trade for tight end. Darren Waller is coming out of retirement to play for the Dolphins, filling the team's void at the position after Jonnu Smith was traded to the Steelers on Monday. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45631064/darre... |
7/02/25 | ESPN grades Dolphins' deal for TE Darren Waller from Giants. ESPN shared its thoughts on the Dolphins' trade for former New York Giant Darren Waller. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/espn-grades-dolph... |
7/01/25 | Waller unretiring as Dolphins trade for tight end. Darren Waller is coming out of retirement to play for the Dolphins, filling the team's void at the position after Jonnu Smith was traded to the Steelers on Monday. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45631064/darre... |
7/01/25 | Waller unretiring as Dolphins trade for tight end. Darren Waller is coming out of retirement to play for the Miami Dolphins, filling the team's void at the position after Jonnu Smith was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45631064/darre... |
7/01/25 | Tight end Darren Waller coming out of retirement, traded to Miami Dolphins. Tight end Darren Waller is coming out of retirement, and he's being traded to the Miami Dolphins, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Tuesday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article... |
6/20/25 | Darren Waller reunites with former Raiders teammates in Battle for Vegas. Retired former Pro Bowl TE Darren Waller is returning to Las Vegas to join his former Raiders teammates in the Battle for Vegas Charity softball game. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/darren-waller-reu... |
6/19/25 | Darren Waller Reuniting With Raiders Amid Retirement. The former Raiders star TE is back in Las Vegas. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/darren-waller-reu... |
6/18/25 | Ex Giants Tight End Explains Bizarre Retirement. Former New York Giants' tight end Darren Waller retired from football because Brian Daboll dared to play him three snaps as a lead blocker. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/ex-giants-tight-e... |
6/17/25 | Chargers Rookie TE Draws Comparison to Former Pro Bowl Star. The Los Angeles Chargers’ TE coach compared rookie Oronde Gadsden to former Pro-Bowler Darren Waller. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/chargers-rookie-t... |
6/17/25 | NY Giants Theo Johnson in Line for a Big Leap Forward in Year 2. In the aftermath of the failed experiment with veteran tight end Darren Waller, who was acquired by the NY Giants in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2023 but only saw one disappointing season with the franchise before electing to retire ahead of 2024, the Giants needed to procure a replacement to ensure they had a capable receiving threat at the position moving forward. Johnson has been among a handful of elite players to come from the Nittany Lions program, and the Giants love him as an early Day 3 pick for his solid size and athleticism for a pass catcher. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/big-blue-plus/ny-gia... |
6/16/25 | Former Giants star Darren Waller breaks silence on exact moment he decided to retire. Retired New York Giants tight end Darren Waller revealed what game he made the decision to retire during in 2023. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/former-giants-sta... |
6/15/25 | Retired New York Giants star reveals when he decided to quit NFL. The question of when to retire is one that NFL players often debate to themselves. On a recent appearance on the 'The Side You Don't See' podcast, former NFL tight end Darren Waller opened up about his thought process in hanging up the cleats. Waller - a former Baltimore Ravens, Las Vegas Raiders, and New York Giants tight end - revealed that he came to that conclusion in the midst of an early season game. The Georgia Tech product said that it was in the middle of a game he played for the New York Giants in October of 2023, when he played the Buffalo Bills. Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-1481... |
6/14/25 | Former Pro Bowl TE admits Buffalo Bills game pushed him into retirement. Darren Waller's first trip to Buffalo is when he decided to call it a career. The Buffalo Bills themselves did not necessarily factor into Waller's decision as much as the game plan that former Bills offensive coordinator and current New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll was utilizing. “I knew I was retiring when we played in Buffalo,” Waller said on The Side You Don't See podcast. It was in the first quarter of the game. Source: https://www.syracuse.com/buffalo-bills/2025/06/for... |
6/13/25 | Bills' game pushed former Pro Bowl TE into retirement. Darren Waller realized he wanted to retire while in Orchard Park, during the first quarter of a "Sunday Night Football" matchup between the Buffalo Bills and New York Giants in Week 6 of the 2023 NFL season. "I knew I was retiring when we played in Buffalo," explained Waller while talking to The Side You Don't See, which talks to athletes and other influential people "beyond the stats & stage". The tight end was referring to Taron Johnson attempting to break up a pass intended for Waller in the endzone. No flag was thrown, and the Bills escaped with a 14-9 win. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/bills-game-pushe... |
8/05/24 | Darren Waller Says O-Line, Not Daniel Jones to Blame for Giants' 2023 Woes. The Darren Waller experiment for the New York Giants lasted just one season, the former Pro Bowl tight end calling it quits in June after appearing in 12 games and catching 52 passes for 552 yards and one touchdown. Despite only being there for the 2023 season, Waller's experience with the organization seems to have been positive. Waller was brought in last year to help aid quarterback Daniel Jones. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/news/darren-waller-s... |