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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Practice squad expansion means more New Orleans Saints are eligible to stick around after cuts | NOLA.com Practice squad expansion means more New Orleans Saints are eligible to stick around after cuts Evan Woodbery, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Evan ...
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08-26-2014, 06:09 PM | #1 |
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New Practice Squad rules- Eligible players
Practice squad expansion means more New Orleans Saints are eligible to stick around after cuts | NOLA.com
Practice squad expansion means more New Orleans Saints are eligible to stick around after cuts Evan Woodbery, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Evan Woodbery, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Rosters around the league are about to get smaller, but the practice squad will soon offer a lifeline to unemployed players. The New Orleans Saints will cut down their roster from 86 to 75 players no later than Tuesday afternoon. Many NFL teams began announcing their cuts on Sunday. The final 53-man roster must be named by Monday, after the fourth preseason game. Once the dozens of players pass through waivers, the Saints will offer some of them jobs on the practice squad. The NFL expanded the maximum size of the practice squad from eight to ten players this month, and also tweaked the eligibility rules in a way that could help some players (and teams). Saints practice-squad eligible players, Aug. 25, 2015 Rookies (19) 1. C Matt Armstrong 2. WR Brandon Coleman 3. WR Brandin Cooks 4. ILB Todd Davis 5. CB Brian Dixon 6. OLB Kasim Edebali 7. OLB Khairi Fortt 8. TE Nic Jacobs 9. CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste 10. WR Seantavius Jones 11. QB Logan Kilgore 12. OLB Ronald Powell 13. OT Tavon Rooks 14. RB Derrick Strozier 15. S Vinnie Sunseri 16. DE George Uko 17. NT Lawrence Virgil 18. S Pierre Warren 19. S Ty Zimmerman Eligible non-rookies (16) 20. S Marcus Ball 21. CB Derrius Brooks 22. K Derek Dimke 23. OT Manase Foketi 24. CB Terrence Frederick 25. WR Charles Hawkins 26. DE Rufus Johnson Jr. 27. FB Austin Johnson 28. LB Kyle Knox 29. OT Ty Nsekhe 30. OT Jason Weaver 31. OG Senio Kelemete 32. LB Kevin Reddick 33. CB Rod Sweeting 34. WR Nick Toon 35. OT Marcel Jones Special exception players (limit 2 on the 10-man squad) (13) 36. OT Terron Armstead 37. DT Glenn Foster 38. QB Ryan Griffin 39. TE Josh Hill 40. NT John Jenkins 41. C Tim Lelito 42. RB Khiry Robinson 43. WR Kenny Stills 44. S Kenny Vaccaro 45. RB Travaris Cadet 46. OT Bryce Harris 47. DE Akiem Hicks 48. CB Trevin Wade Here are the rules, and the changes: • Players may spend no more than three seasons on a practice squad. That hasn't changed. But a practice squad season now only counts when a player is on the squad for six games, up from three. • Generally, players are no longer practice squad eligible once they accrue a season in the NFL for free-agency purposes (or they must have appeared in fewer than nine games on the 46-man active roster in the accrued season(s)). Under the new changes, teams may now have two players who have accrued two NFL seasons (but no more than that). If that sounds confusing, it is, especially because information on accrued seasons and weeks spent on the practice squad isn't as easy to locate as touchdowns and yards gained. But based on our interpretation of the new rules, the Saints have a whopping 48 players who are practice-squad eligible, including 13 who wouldn't have been eligible under the old rules. Some explanation is in order for some of the more complex cases: For example, receiver Nick Toon has two accrued NFL seasons, but I don't think he would have to make the squad under a special exception. One of his accrued seasons was spent on the injured reserve and in the other he appeared on the active 46-man roster in only eight games. That doesn't mean Toon or any of the other veterans will land on the practice squad. All players have to pass through waivers, meaning the Saints risk losing anyone they cut to other teams. But it's worth keeping an eye on this list as the cuts start to hit in the coming days -- or hours. |
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Re: New Practice Squad rules- Eligible players
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Very good post it gives you the saints options providing the player clears waviers after the last cut.
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08-28-2014, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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