When news of Chris Borland's surprise retirement surfaced on Monday, it sent ripples through the NFL with people wondering about its impact on the future of the game.

Borland discussed his decision in an interview on on ESPN's Outside the Lines Tuesday. Before the episode aired, reporter T.J. Quinn promoted the show social media, sharing a connection to the Green Bay Packers:

Also on today's OTL, @merrilhoge, @adbrandt and former Packer @GeorgeKoonceJr, who helped counsel Borland as he weighed his future.

— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) March 17, 2015

Koonce played for the Packers from 1992 to 1999 and more recenty authored the book Is There Life After Football? Surviving the NFL.

ESPN has yet to share video from Koonce on its website, but the media outlet did post an interview with Koonce on its OTL Extra segment via its ESPN3 platform.

Koonce talked about rule changes in the NFL and did express hoped that the game would become safer and it could trickle down to the lower levels of football.

Borland talks more about his decision here: