Every summer, as NFL training camps are starting to near the end we get the news that some big name player has been cut that shocks everyone.
There are plenty of reasons a player can get cut, other than just not being a good NFL player. Sometimes they make too much money for the team they’re on. Maybe they’re getting older and get pushed out by a younger player. In some instances it’s a coaching change, and the said player just doesn’t fit the new scheme well.
In 2014 guys like Champ Bailey, Kevin Vickerson, Daniel Thomas, Vincent Brown, Robert Meachum, and Nate Burleson were a few examples of this.