Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States when Bill Priatko saw his football career flash before his eyes.
More than six decades later, he still remembers it—and feels for so many players who are hoping they don’t get a phone call right now.
Late August is particularly brutal around the NFL. And it has nothing to do with hits that knock even the most alpha of males into last week. Every team must trim its roster from 90 (or 91) players to 53 by 4 PM/EST on Tuesday.
Some, like the Steelers, have already started doing so.