ESPN.com · Jan 29, 2016
Barnwell: Players who could be gone from playoff teams
Icon Sportswire, USA TODAY SportsRecent history tells us that teams who win the Super Bowl follow that triumph by losing a number of key players, often because of the sheer reality of the salary cap. Seven players who started for the 2012 Ravens in the Super Bowl were gone the following season. Nine of the Seahawks who started in their blowout of the Broncos the subsequent year are no longer on the roster. And the 2014 Patriots lost their top three cornerbacks (Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner and Kyle Arrington), Vince Wilfork and Shane Vereen by the time Week 1 rolled around this season. There's just no way teams can hold onto all of their Super Bowl contributors.
