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Jeff Fisher explains that “younger guys understand” being cut

With all team required to drop from 90 to 75 players on Tuesday and then to plunge from 75 to 53 by the weekend, plenty of players will see their NFL dreams end or, at a minimum, be thrown into limbo.

It’s easy to become desensitized to that reality, given that NFL teams are routinely churning rosters, with guys constantly losing spots on on a team that are has a fixed limit on the number of players.

On Monday, Rams coach Jeff Fisher was asked whether players have ever gotten upset with him when getting the news that they’ll be released by the team.