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Robert Porcher on WQTX 92.1/92.7

Robert Porcher talked briefly with host Fred Heuman earlier this week. Heuman asked Porcher how he felt to have his career finished and Porcher replied by saying he was glad that he now had opportunity to pursue other things he hadn’t been able to. Porcher also mentioned that his career went by fast and he wouldn’t trade it for anything. He said he had been blessed because he has not suffered from many injuries. He also mentioned that it had been extremely difficult for him to be an inactive player for those first seven weeks, especially since the Lions didn’t inform him that he would possibly wouldn’t be active when they re-signed him. He said he understood, it’s just a business. He also said he didn’t realize the amount of stress he had been under until his career was over. He said that a lot of the pressure came from having to put a “positive spin” on the team’s situation. He said the last 4 seasons in particular took a toll. Porcher when asked about last weeks loss said that he didn’t realize the Lions were playing their second long snapper of the season until the snap was botched and wondered what else could happen to cause them to lose. Heuman asked Porcher if he was upset that he never got to play in a Super Bowl? Porcher replied that he wasn’t because he was a “champion in his own eyes” and that furthermore, he would experience it vicariously since he is involved in organizing the Super Bowl in Detroit.