Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 8 NFL seasons

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New York Giants tight end Darren Waller announced his retirement on Sunday, explaining in a YouTube video that "the passion has slowly been fading."

Waller, 31, also revealed that a "very scary" health emergency last November made him re-think where his life was at.

He did not name the medical condition, but Waller said he struggled to breathe and wound up spending 3 1/2 days