Las Vegas Raiders

Farewell, Tuck: Raiders players say goodbye to a respected vet

Published Feb. 1, 2016 11:09 p.m. ET

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Justin Tuck left plenty of well-wishers behind after walking away from the NFL at age 33.

A few silver-and-black-clad ones reached out to the veteran defensive end on social media. Their tweets and posts shared a common theme of gratitude for the man who helped shift a losing Raiders culture over two seasons.

Damn just got off the plane and heard the news man @JustinTuck u will b missed bro congrats on a great successful career ??
— Donald Penn (@DPENN70) February 2, 2016