E. Vermicelli was not supposed to be here

I have been doing this long enough to have written off men like E. Vermicelli, who was drafted late, on the strength of one game nobody else watched. 181 yards is the league's way of saying nothing is settled. He is 30, and he is unfailingly polite and completely unknowable. The ones who arrive like this tend to know what it cost. That is usually worth something in December.