GREEN BAY — Joe Kerridge was just about to sit down and play some video games when his phone rang last month with the opportunity of a lifetime.
It was the Green Bay Packers calling, offering the former Michigan fullback at shot at possibly joining their 10-player practice squad.
Kerridge, who visited earlier in the year with the Packers, was ecstatic. It was his first real shot to break back into the NFL after being among Washington’s final cuts at the end of camp.
In a rush of excitement, Kerridge fired off a text message to current Packers linebacker Jake Ryan, his gaming buddy and roommate for three years in Ann Arbor.