Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus revealed on Thursday's edition the Dan Patrick Show that New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona may have to put his NFL career on hold in order to fulfill his Naval service.
"He played last year while he was on active duty because he was able to work them both out," Mabus said (via ESPN.com's Mike Reiss). "He's [now] been assigned to a ship, and he's going to report to that ship, so he may have to leave the Patriots for a year or so to go fulfill that role.