Defensive End

A.J. Epenesa

No. 57 · 7th season

Cleveland said no. Philadelphia said yes.

Getting left at the altar by one team is rough. Getting picked up by another is something else.

A.J. Epenesa is a defensive end — a pass rusher, someone whose job is to get to the quarterback. Earlier this year, the Cleveland Browns had a deal in place to bring him in, then walked away from it. That kind of thing leaves a player in a strange place: not cut, not traded, just told "never mind" before it even started.

The Philadelphia Eagles have now signed him.

For a player who watched a door close for reasons that were never fully public, landing somewhere that actually wanted him is a different kind of start. What he does with it is the next part of the story.

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