JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Happy Birthday! Now find a new job.
That's what happened to Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Folorunso Fatukasi on Monday. The team's official X account wished him a Happy Birthday in the morning. Several hours later the team released him, a league source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
The Jaguars' social media team had no idea a release was coming, and the team's management didn't have any idea the social media team was going to wish Fatukasi a Happy Birthday, but this kind of situation can sometimes happen as things play out in early March when teams start making moves to save money and create salary cap space in preparation for the new league year.