While many of us can remember the disappointment of getting cut from a high school sports team, few of us can identify with the despair that comes along with getting the axe from the NFL.
Saturday, is final cut day for NFL teams. Everyone must take the rosters down to the final 53 – that is 27 fewer than the 80 hopefuls that started the summer with the dream of playing for a professional team. While players and fans will say the final cuts are part of the business of football, we have to feel badly for the aspiring would-be NFL stars who will find themselves on the unemployment line, ironically during Labor Day weekend.
Undoubtedly, there will be some cut players who will find a job on other teams who have spots to fill due to injuries, and there will even be some who make a team’s practice squad which will keep their NFL hopes alive for another year. Every season, we also hear of the newly signed player whose dream was miraculously resurrected midseason by a team desperate for a position filler. Frequently, these lucky few Cinderella players seem to be liberated from construction gigs or jobs with UPS or some other employment that was far removed from the NFL world. We like these stories because they create the drama that is the NFL
While we at PossessionPoints.com make our money studying and projecting the wins and losses of NFL teams and applying our stat analysis to the elite performers of the league with our Fantasy Football player values, we never want to forget the individuals who pour their heart and soul into these teams hoping to make their mark. Yes, football is a business and yes, these athletes know the score. But as the season openers approach, we want to take the time to recognize and applaud all those who gave their dream a shot.
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