The New Orleans special teams units have been strong in nearly every aspect over the first portion of the year, with one exception. Can the Saints solve their placekicking woes in time to avoid costing them a game?
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.