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stillers4me
09-10-2011, 08:10 AM
Under any circumstances, it is difficult for an undrafted rookie free agent to make an NFL roster. Such players face stiff competition from experienced veterans and players who were drafted.

Teams are familiar with the veterans and invest time, money and their reputations in their draft picks. But all these things worked against the undrafted free agents more so this year because the NFL calendar was altered by the lockout.

Weslye Saunders had to overcome that and much more to become the only undrafted rookie to make the Steelers 53-man roster...........

read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11253/1173640-66.stm

ALLD
09-10-2011, 09:20 AM
He should send Matt Spaeth a case of 12-year old Scotch.