From 90 to 53, livelihoods are on the line. NFL rosters can’t simply boil down to “Madden NFL” shuffling or bar talk of the laziest degree; it represents the careers of so many individuals looking to jumpstart a professional career.
Worse than the odds of making the final 53-man cut is the idea of non-guaranteed contracts. Every day is a battle in the league that plays for pay.
Post-NFL Draft, rosters are immense. Not only are the employed numbers large in collection, but the minicamp crowd is as well. This, of course, includes the New York Jets, fresh off a six-pick draft featuring Alabama beast Quinnen Williams.