With the New England Patriots, former safety Ross Ventrone was up-and-down more than a yo-yo. It wasn’t until he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in the mid-2010s that he found some semblance of stability. Appearing on the Christian Kuntz podcast that aired Thursday, Ventrone told a wild story of being cut literal minutes before boarding a team plane to Oakland. It shows the lengths head coach Bill Belichick would go to test the boundaries of roster construction.
Ventrone said after a good week of practice in which he received reps, the team planned on him travelling to a 2011 game against the then-Oakland Raiders.