Total Packers · Sep 1, 2022
The Most Dreaded Word for a Roster Bubble Player: “Upside”
Defensive tackle Jack Heflin was cut by the Packers on Tuesday. It is not the first time in his brief career with the Packers that he has received the phone call and made the walk to the coach’s office. Heflin was an undrafted free agent out of Iowa. He was the feel-good story of the 2021 Packer training camp. His emotional response to reporters on his feelings after making “the initial 53” made any fan root for him. Heflin called it “the greatest feeling in my life”, but Heflin has learned the hard way that the business end of the NFL is a bubble burster for players who are judged to have “limited upside.”
