Giants expecting Darren Waller to announce retirement by next week’s mandatory minicamp, per report [Video]

Darren Waller may have reached the end of the road of his NFL career. The veteran tight end has been mulling retirement throughout the offseason, and a decision is likely to be made by next week with the New York Giants set to open up mandatory minicamp, according to ESPN. The report also notes the team expects that decision to be for Waller to hang up his helmet and retire. 

Waller said a decision was on the horizon during an Instagram Live on Friday. The 31-year-old hasn’t been at any of New York’s voluntary offseason workouts and head coach Brian Daboll had previously noted the team will let Waller “take what he needs to take and once the decision is made, we’ll go from there.” 

This latest report notes that the Giants have been operating this offseason under the presumption that Waller will retire. They drafted …