The best way for a player in the NFL who enters training camp on the roster bubble without much job security is to prove they are too good to be cut. Doing so requires being consistent in practice, stacking days of solid performances, flashing playmaking ability, standing out in games and most importantly, staying on the field because the best ability will always be availability in a hard cap league.
Baltimore Ravens fourth-year defensive back Ar’Darius Washington had shown all but one of the desirable traits listed above except the last and most important. After making the team as an undrafted free agent out of TCU in 2021, injuries have limited him to three or fewer games in each of his first three seasons in the league but when he has been healthy, he has looked like a player capable of having a profound impact on both defense and special teams.