You see it all the time at the mall, the rack of 50%-off officially merchandised NFL jerseys... and like the Pied Piper’s call to the children of Hamelin, you are drawn to the rack filled with the jerseys of those who have left the team through free agency, trade, or who have just busted and gotten the axe.
For years now the racks around Chicago have been kept busy, with home and road stylings in the name & numbers like those of Brandon Marshall and Martellus Bennett (two different Bennett’s in fact).
Now, at least around here, the racks are filled with Jay Cutler, Eddie Royal and Alshon Jeffery jerseys.