Football players get their opportunities in the NFL because of height and weight, speed and agility, talent and drive, but sometimes the most important combination of factors for actually making it in the league is time and place.
Did someone get hurt? Was there a numbers crunch and you were the odd man out? Did this team keep you when another would have cut you, or vice versa? Being in the right place at the right time can’t be measured with a stopwatch, but it is undefeated.
Running back Matt Jones, who is trying to hook on with the Eagles despite a sudden crowd at that position, hasn’t been lucky with the circumstances of his career.