Before Danny Amendola became Danny “Playoff” Amendola, the wide receiver was a member of the Eagles practice squad.
Although his time in Philadelphia was short-lived — and he never took a regular-season snap — the 31-year-old has his old jersey framed in his Rhode Island home. Amendola told ESPN’s Mike Reiss a friend had purchased it for him.
“He bought it, sent it to me framed and said, ‘Hang this on your wall so you’ll never forget the day they cut you,'” he recalled. “I have it hanging. I’ll never forget that. I learned a lot there.