In fact, there was an eveident change in his tone as early as the sart of last trainig camp. Instead of the "usual", joking-sarcastic and very confident Suggs, we saw at his presser a philosophical, almost melancholic guy, who, instaed of what the nbext season will be like, kept talking about that maybe it would be his last season... He definitely seemed like a player who had just been hit by the realization that his career might end real soon...
I do recall now what you are saying and maybe he is thinking that the end of his football career is near. He is nearly as old as my father and my father still plays baseball so who knows.