The NFL can be a brutal place. And I’m not talking about the brain-rattling impacts you might see on any given rushing play on a Sunday. I’m talking about the emotional hits you’ll find in a couple weeks’ time when the dreams of hundreds of professional athletes at the top of their professional come crashing to a halt.
Every single player who makes it onto an NFL offseason roster has some sort of talent that an evaluator deemed worthy of a closer look. But 90-man rosters get trimmed down to 53, with another 10 on the practice squad.