The men who are on the roster knew that this day was coming.
Some of them put their whole heart into making the team. Some fell short using their own standards to judge their performance.
A coach's perception may not agree with the individual player's perception of how well he did during preseason.
It's sort of like the phrase "For whom the bell tolls." As Oakland Raiders and other NFL players sit and think today, the players may wonder if the bell tolls for them.
Cutting the team to 53 men is like having surgery to remove dysfunctional parts of the body. Think about the team as a body that should be functioning in a healthy, victorious way.
If the doctors or coaches see that someone cannot function, will not function or has not functioned, the job of the Oakland Raiders coaches and staff is to make the decision to cut that player.
Although the cut may be painful, the player who has been cut just may see another door open. The door that closed may not have been the door he should have entered.
Times are hard. Families are in transition. The news that a friend, family member or parent has been cut may be painful to someone.
If the readers have been fired from a job, or laid off, they know the pain or stress of being cut.
On the other hand, there may be those who look back on the job they lost and now realize that it was a good thing to be cut from one job, and then to move on to another job or career.
One thing is paramount. The Oakland Raiders franchise is being shaped and transformed into a new type of team. The shaping can be done by training and molding, by bending and stretching the talents and capabilities of players.
The goal of building a ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
