ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Jared Abbrederis had decisions to make. He had lost his job as a receiver with the Green Bay Packers weeks earlier after a thigh injury that wouldn’t go away forced the only franchise he played for in the NFL to release him.
Other teams were interested once he got past the injury-settlement period. They reached out. Abbrederis said no. He wanted to wait. He knew it was a risk. But he wanted to wager on himself and his long-term future instead of take a short-term paycheck.
He debated the possibility of being forgotten by not being active with putting himself in a better position.