The Facts: After making a brief and inspirational return with the Saints last week, McAllister is planning to announce his retirement today.

Diehards Line:Apparently the Saints needed his roster spot to sign a receiver because of the uncertainty of Robert Meachem's ankle injury. So McAllister decided that last week's cameo with the Saints would be a good note to end his career on. "If I get another shot (in the future), then so be it. But even befor all this occurred, I was leaning toward retiring anyway," McAllister said. ... Now the story will become Meachem's ankle. We'll have more as the week progresses.