So hardhart is the business NFL

The NFL is a tough shop - especially the German football players have experienced in recent days.

Of the six who still fought in the training camps around a place in the active squad of their teams, only Jakob Johnson are still at the New England Patriots and Amon-Ra St. Brown at the Detroit Lions. The first German brother duel in the National Football League there is therefore not for the time being. Equanimeous St. Brown has flown from the active squad of Green Bay Packers before the start of the season last weekend and will not play when the Lions will compete against the packers in the legendary Lambeau field in the legendary Lambeau Field.

was not so happy

I was not so happy, I wanted to play against him. I have never played against him in my life. That was not so beautiful, said Amon-Ra St. Brown of the German Press Agency before traveling to Green Bay From the day when the Packers have taken his chance to his even as a pass receiver the chance for a third season in the NFL. Even in its own team, the 21-year-old experienced the critical phase with a German and American pasDetroit Lions, We had 72 players and the next day 53, that was a bit funny as a player, so many other players no longer see. But it is A business here. That s how it works.

The rules in the NFL are not comparable to the player agreements with what Europeans are used by football. Even a long-term work paper is not a guarantee in most cases that a professional in the season is also a squad. There is a cut to 53 professionals in the NFL upper limits and before the first matchday. Everyone else is out.

Ex-Profi Vollmer knows the business

If you re released, it does not automatically mean that you are not good enough. Maybe you just do not fit into this team at that moment, said Ex-NFL-Profi Sebastian Vollmer last. With the Patriots, the 37-year-old in his career brought the Super Bowl twice and knows the business. Every summer, Zig players are sorted out. But many of them will find their way later.

The NFL works so - you never know what s coming. In such moments you realize that it is never sure. Every game can be your last, every training camp, said the Stuttgart Johnson before the start of the season. The fullback is in the third season, but his patriots separated himself surprisingly from quarterback Cam Newton, with which many had expected as start players. To get the best performance out of you, here I think everyone feels that your job is never sure and that you have to earn you every day, Johnson said.

Pech for Equanimeous St. Brown

The 24-year-old Equanimeous St. Brown, the oldest of three brothers, was also just bad luck in the decisive period of season preparation: he injured himself in training at the thigh and could not deny the test matches with the packers. I had a good camp, all the coaches told me. But I was injured and could not play in the preseasone, you have many wide receivers, he said. I had no plan what I m doing when I m credited, I never wanted to experience that.

He has meanwhile signed a new contract and is now in the training skad as a sparring partner for the defender. This is a good school for him, but no ideal situation and can not replace inserts in the league. His perspective: Either the packers have demand and tranDetroit Lions him during the season in the active squad or another team commits the athlete with German mother and American father. I can not lose the focus now, must focus me and continue working hard, he said. It brings nothing to be sad for days or angry. Life goes on.

And his younger brother has not given up hope for a duel in the NFL yet. We have 17 games, a lot can happen, said Amon-Ra St. Brown. We play back against the packers in the last week of the season, then he can be active.