By Justin Worsley,
Rather than face the uncertain future of the upcoming NFL season, Arizona Cardinals guard Alan Faneca has called it a career.
Faneca, 34, announced his retirement on Tuesday, putting an end to a career of one of the league's premier blockers.
Faneca spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who drafted him in the first round of the 1998 draft out of LSU. Faneca spent 11 years with Pittsburgh before signing with the New York Jets in 2009 and Arizona in 2010.
Faneca was name to nine consecutive Pro-Bowls between 2001-09, the second-longest streak in the NFL at the time, behind only Baltimore's Ray Lewis. In 2010, Faneca was named to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team.
Faneca ends his career playing 144 consecutive games and won two Super Bowls with the Steelers.
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