Jul 5, 2021
One of the great mysteries about current NFL fans is how every year a group that should be sophisticated after all of the popularity of fantasy football can fail so completely to understand the bottom of a roster come training camp.
Every year social media is abuzz with talk about some players who are 80th or 78th among 90 men on a roster and how they could really have a chance of stepping up to be a hidden gem, a potential starter as an undrafted free agent.
Get real.
In Chicago, it s called Ken Mastrole Syndrome, named for the Bears training camp quarterback who everyone assumed made the team after a big preseason game with the Rams. His sidekick and receiver Kenny Christian was reported to have all but made the team.