2024 NFL League News (Signings, tags, and more) (3 Viewers)

[scott88]

I'm sorry, but I don't believe in paying WRs that much money

 

[ozwego15]

 

[ozwego15]

 

[ozwego15]

 

[WxM]

The players' association vetoed the rule that would have let teams elevate their emergency QB from the PS an unlimited number of times. This doesn't directly affect the Saints since we intend on keeping both backup QBs, but it might shake a valuable player loose from other teams who now have to carry a veteran as their emergency QB and cut someone else to make room that they'd have otherwise kept.

 

[ozwego15]

 

[Artifactual]

The players' association vetoed the rule that would have let teams elevate their emergency QB from the PS an unlimited number of times.

I updated the thread titled "The Effects Of The New Rule Change Regarding The EQB3" and covered this point yesterday. That thread covers the rule in its entirety.

This doesn't directly affect the Saints since we intend on keeping both backup QBs.

It doesn't affect the Saints for a different reason. We all expect that the Saints will keep both Haener and Rattler. The Saints won't be utilizing the EQB3 player.

The EQB3 must be a player who is on the active 53-man roster and designated as such at least 90 minutes before kickoff when gameday rosters are announced.

If a team has 4 "Bona Fide QBs" on their 53-man roster they Can't designate one of them as the gameday EQB3.

Taysom Hill meets the definition of a "Bona Fide QB".

That makes 4 QBs on the Saints 53-man roster.

Either Haener or Rattler will be inactive on gamedays in 2024.

It might shake a valuable player loose from other teams who now have to carry a veteran as their emergency QB and cut someone else to make room that they'd have otherwise kept.

Your point made here is a big one. Teams won't be able to carry only 2 QBs on their 53-man roster and then depending on using a practice squad QB to become the EQB3 player on gameday. Teams can take a chance going with 2 QBs on their roster, but if they want the insurance of having a gameday exemption of an EQB3 they will have to carry that QB on their 53-man roster. And as you stated above, they will have one less roster spot on their roster. This could be Huge!

This may very well place about 30 players who were set to make a teams roster that will now be without a roster spot. These aren't just run of the mill available free agents or practice squad players. These are player that would have been active on an NFL roster, albeit the lowest man on the totem pole.

 

[ozwego15]

 

[WxM]

No it doesn't. Not yet. We could cut him, too.

 

[ozwego15]

 

[scott88]

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[RJS]

I saw that Noah Brown was released by the Texans. He'd be a good scheme fit.

 

[scott88]

I remember Carolina fans gloating because they had jumped NO for Marshall and Saints ended up with Pete Werner

 

[ozwego15]