The Practice Squad Shuffle: By Jack Bechta

Published on: 4th September, 2009

National Football Post On Saturday at 4p.m. eastern time, when rosters become fixed at 53 players, there will be about 700 players competing for 256 spots on practice squads. Those 450 players who don’t get signed will be on the outside looking in, wondering why they didn’t land spots. Teams that were ...

Curtis Buckley: One Play is All it Takes

Published on: 25th August, 2009

One of my favorite former clients to watch was Curtis “The Hit Man” Buckley, a true special teams assassin. I learned about Curtis in 1992 while talking to Jerry Angelo, at the time, the personnel director of the Bucs and now the current Bears general manager. We were discussing a few ...

NFL’s Workout Warriors

Published on: 4th August, 2009

Being an agent gives one a front row seat to how NFL players take care of themselves and train in the offseason. Over the years, I've observed some workout warriors at the peak of their careers. I also get to observe patterns between those who push themselves in the spring ...