05-24-2021, 04:10 AM
(05-24-2021, 02:12 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: If they stick with the expanded P.S. like they had last season I think he has a real chance to stick around on the squad.
Outside of that, can't see him making the roster.
He is another great example of why the NFL needs to update it's roster sizes or come up with a real developmental league. Lot of guys have the talent but need time to develop with better coaching. Keeping rosters locked at 53 anymore just seems out-dated and silly. Carry 60, no reason to have guys active/inactive... literally no point in the era of "player safety" to force an injured guy to play or a guy to play out of position because his back-up was a healthy scratch. After the 60, have a 15 man practice squad that can't be poached at will. Would open up more trades and allow more development of players.
We can have a roster of 55 for practice during the week and 48 for game days as of the beginning of last season and a PS of 12 which will go up to 14 from 2022 or if Covid-19 restrictions are still in place we can have a PS of 16 just now.
This is from the CBA rule changes for the 20/21 season
Expanded rosters
New CBA rule: Starting this season, game-day active rosters, which used to be limited to 46 players per team, can include up to 48 players, provided that at least eight of those 48 are offensive linemen. (If not, the game-day roster size is limited to 47 players.)
New CBA rule: Additionally, according to the new CBA, a team can carry up to 55 players on its roster during the week -- up from 53 in past years -- by elevating one or two players from its practice squad before 4 p.m. ET on the day before that team's game. This will allow teams a larger pool from which to select their 47 or 48 game-day active players. Any player elevated from the practice squad for this purpose will immediately revert to his team's practice squad on the day after the game.
No player may be activated under this rule for more than two games per season, either regular-season or postseason games. If a player has already been elevated twice under this rule, and the team wants to add him to the roster, it must terminate his practice-squad contract and sign him to an NFL contract, as has been the case with practice-squad players in years past.
Expanded practice squads
Combination of new CBA rules and COVID-19 rules: The new CBA expanded the size of practice squads from 10 players per team to 12 for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and to 14 players per team beginning in 2022. However, for 2020 -- and for 2021 if any COVID-19 protocols remain in place for that season) -- practice squads can include up to 16 players per team. Of those 16, as many as six can be players with more than two accrued seasons in the NFL. The new CBA allowed for two practice-squad players per team with an unlimited number of accrued seasons, but the COVID-19 amendments expanded that number to six.
I think keeping more than the 55 is probably down to money and having to sign players to contracts
