He gets released every year. No, Marcus Sherels never actually hits the waiver wire. In perception.
The narrative before every Vikings training camp is that this will be the season that somebody takes his job. There's always some rookie projected to push Sherels aside as the punt returner. And every year Sherels ends camp as the last man standing.
It's become something of a running joke. The punchline: Only cockroaches and Marcus Sherels will exist when the world ends.
"People have told me that," Sherels said. "I just laugh. It's kind of funny."
The NFL's most underappreciated player keeps getting the last laugh.