No one is going to have to tear the uniform off Chris Snee. He turns 31 today and admits "If you're looking for the same player I was when I was 26, you're not going to find anyone who can do what they could do when they were 26.'' He still considers himself one of the top guards in the NFL and this weekend heads to Hawaii to play in the Jan. 27 Pro Bowl.
Following the Pro Bowl, Snee will undergo hip surgery and after nine years with the Giants the wear-and-tear is starting to take a toll.
"Right now my mindset is year-to-year,'' Snee said in an interview on Giants.com. "That's all you can focus on. I sat down with my wife after this year and decided if I wanted to do it again. It's a grind. There's a lot that goes into it mentally and physically, but I couldn't see myself walking away just yet."
Richard A. Brightly
Chris Snee
Snee intends on returning for his 10th season with the Giants. Beyond that, who knows? He's missed only six games in his career, only one since his 2004 rookie year and is a fixture at right guard, starting all 138 regular season and 11 postseason games in which he's played.
The thought of retiring hit Snee after last year's Super Bowl run - an exhilarating but exhausting process.
"That was when I physically felt shot,'' Snee said. "I said, 'If I went through that again, I would be done.' This year, it was just the hip; I got rolled up on. It was actually someone falling onto the back of my leg that did the damage. Other than that, I kept myself in great shape and, physically, I felt better than I have in two or three years. That being said, I'm getting older and you can't do the same things you could four or five years ago.''
Although Snee needs hip surgery, he says the problem has quieted down enough for him to attend and participate in the Pro Bowl, giving him two weeks of sun and fun with his wife, Kate – the daughter of coach Tom Coughlin – and his three sons. This will be Snee's fourth Pro Bowl.
"That's why I'm going," Snee said. "The experiences that I've had with my kids and my wife and just meeting all the guys; it's something I couldn't pass up on. You only get so many of those opportunities in life and I'm going to cherish every one of them. This hip - it feels fine now. It's quieted down. With the experience that I have with my kids, I can put off the surgery for three or four weeks. That's what this life is about. I'm going to go out there; we're going to have something we can remember forever."
Snee is the backup NFC guard, behind Mike Iupati of the 49ers and Jahri Evans of the Saints. That could change. If the 49ers beat the Falcons in the NFC Championship game, Iupati will head to the Super Bowl and will replaced by Josh Sitton of the Packers, elevating Snee into a starting role.
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