How long has Ross Ventrone been grinding to beat the odds in the NFL? Back in January 2012, before New England's AFC Championship Game victory, Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker appeared in a spoof TV report about Ventrone and said on camera what others were privately thinking about his third-year teammate. Who endures getting signed, cut, re-signed, demoted to the practice squad and brought back to the roster over and over again -- including a head-spinning 22 transactions that season alone?
"You'd think he'd take the hint at some point, right? I mean, find your purpose in life or something," Welker said with a straight face during the humorous "Mayne Event" segment on ESPN.