It isn’t easy being a player on the bubble of a 53-man NFL roster.
Your job security is nonexistent, and the idea that your NFL dream could be over at almost any instant during the season looms large. Worst of all, fans constantly look at you with the largest magnifying glass when their training camp darling doesn’t make the team.
This is the life that Cody Core has lived for the last three seasons with the Bengals. His spot has never been guaranteed, and now with Zac Taylor as the new head coach, that hill may be a slightly higher climb.