Daniel Brown’s Thanksgiving weekend got off to a horrible start.
The Ravens cut the rookie wide receiver from the practice squad Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. Disappointed and suddenly unemployed, he had nothing to do. He went to his apartment in Owings Mills, and packed his bags to start the four-hour drive back to his hometown of Smithfield, Va.
Brown knew the routine. As an undrafted rookie from a small school, roster spots are fleeting, and he had already been cut twice by the Ravens earlier in the year. The team told him they would likely re-sign him again, but that might not happen for another week.