By 4 p.m. ET Saturday, every NFL roster was officially cut down to 53 active players. In order for that to happen, well over 1,000 players lost their jobs in about a 36-hour stretch.
Some will find work elsewhere, others will land on practice squads, and a few might even eventually wind up on the 53-man roster of the team that released them. Still, the stretch between the end of the preseason and the cut deadline is rough for everyone in the league. And it's a time in which actions speak louder than words.
So here's what we can take away from the decisions that were made throughout the NFL on Friday and Saturday.