Guidelines of the Practice Squad 8/28 12pm ET
Starting at 12:00PM ET on August 28th teams can begin signing players to their practice squads.
Practice squad basics
- Practice squad players practice with the team. They do not play in games, unless they are elevated.
- Practice squad players are paid per week and can be released at any point during the season.
- Practice squad players are free to sign with other NFL team, but they have to be signed to the 53-man active roster of the acquiring team. A practice squad player cannot be signed to another practice squad unless he is first released or waived.
- A practice squad player cannot sign with his team’s upcoming opponent unless he does so six days before the upcoming game, or 10 days if his team is currently on a bye week.
- If a practice squad player is signed to the active roster, he will receive a minimum of three weekly paychecks, even if he is released before spending three weeks with the new team.
- In order to be signed to a practice squad after being released, a player who is not a vested veteran must first clear waivers, and is subject to waiver claims by other teams
Practice squad players moving up to the main roster
Like last season, teams now have more flexibility with using practice squad players on game day. PS players can be activated on game day before the team announces their inactives (90 minutes before game time). The player doesn’t have to be elevated from the PS to the main roster for the move. This can happen with up to two practice squad players per week. A player is now able to be elevated three times per season. To be activated a fourth time requires the player to be signed to the regular roster.
This makes it easier for teams to have players they know and trust on game day, and also not have to subject them to waivers when they are signed to the main roster and cut to get back to the practice squad.
We are slotted at pick 14 on the waiver wire as well.
If someone can update the additions to the practice squad tomorrow here, would be great!