The next two days are going to be the most gut wrenching 48-hour period for hundreds of players around the NFL. As fans, we get geared up for the season and want to see the stars and the Pro Bowlers. However, there will be 22 players that leave 32 different NFL facilities wondering what the future holds for them. Six weeks of grueling training camp. Four or five pre-season games. A lifetime playing football.
Then, the GM/head coach call you and ask for your playbook and thank you for your effort.
Some see it coming and others are blindsided as if they were running down on punt return and didn’t see the crackback block.