Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold was having lunch with his family at Epcot Feb. 23 when he received a not-so-magical call from the Jets, who informed him of their decision to release him.
Mangold was surprised the Jets, his team for 11 years, never offered him the chance to renegotiate his contract to a lower cap charge.
"I was definitely shocked," Mangold said Monday on the Michael Kay Show on ESPN New York radio. "I knew something had to be done. You're entering the last year of a contract that was backloaded as much as mine was, I knew something would have to be done.