What It’s Like to Play Through an NFL Contract Year

October 18, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

If we count only game days the NFL regular season is slightly longer than two weeks. There are 16 days, 16 games and 16 Sundays, Mondays or Thursdays to determine which teams are worthy of playing into the postseason.
Primarily, we focus on what those 16 games mean for each team. We concentrate on how the tale of each season is told on a week-to-week basis in 16 three-hour intervals.
We overlook what that means for the individual and the immense pressure fleeting opportunities place on players, especially those who are facing an expiring contract.
Working under a contract may sometimes feel like it’s the one and only way you can relate to an NFL player. The concept isn’t a foreign one, and instead it’s familiar to many hardworking people.
The difference is you have the length of a contract to prove yourself. You can work five days per week for six months or a year, each day growing into a role. That is where any thin thread between NFL players and ...

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