NFL cuts: Notable names who were released

Keeping the momentum alive in an NFL career is never easy.For some veterans, an injury can derail the progress, or a bad season or a bad scheme fit can start messing with the intellectual side of the game. Players just aren’t the same as they were during their heyday.

Cut day in the NFL represents the end of a dream. For some veterans, it does mean that Father Time finally caught up with them to give them the pink slip.

Here are some notable players who were among the cuts across the league after preseason concluded.

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