Back in 2014, punter Michael Palardy was just an undrafted rookie free agent out of Tennessee hoping for a chance. Thomas McGaughey, then the special teams coordinator for the New York Jets, brought Palardy in for rookie mini camp.
And he didn’t mince words with Palardy.
“He told me, ‘Look, you’re going to get bounced around,’ ” Palardy said Wednesday. “‘You’re going to get cut. But you need to continue to work hard and continue to perservere because at some point, your chance – whether it’s one year from now, two years from now, four years from now – will come at some point.