During the season, it's what every NFL player that's not on a team can't wait to see. Their agent calling in the middle of the week. It means that there's a chance.
That being said, stepping into a locker room and into a starting role in the middle of the season is difficult. That's what I had to do here last fall when Andy Lee got hurt. There is a lot of pressure for things to be seamless.
But, I was fortunate that the team that called on me was Carolina.
That prior spring I was here working for a spot, and I had built camaraderie with kicker Graham Gano, long snapper J.