They say it happens to every NFL rookie. That moment when it hits you that you're a professional athlete. Be it meeting a player you idolized as a kid who is now your teammate, a prank or the dreaded rookie talent show. For Matt Breida, his moment is vividly etched in his mind and is something he'll never forget.
"Mine was when I found out I had made the 53-man roster after training camp," Breida said via phone interview last week after practice. "In training camp, you feel like you're inthe NFL, but you're not there yet. Once they made the final cuts and I was on the roster, it hit me that I was in the NFL.