Practice squad rules - details

[Desert Bills Fan]

I was curious on the PS details. At this time I thought I’d share with others who might not know all the details:

 

When the COVID-19 pandemic shook up rosters in 2020, the NFL decided to expand practice squads to 16 players.

 With an exception: NFL teams can have 17 players on their practice squads, with one caveat: One practice squad member has to be a member of the NFL's International Pathway Program.
Of the other 16, 10 must be rookies or second-year players.

so, Up to six of the 17 players can have unlimited NFL experience, which is a big development in recent years. Previously, players could have no more than two accrued NFL seasons for eligibility.

Every Tuesday, teams can designate four players as protected, so they can't be placed on another team's active roster from that day until kickoff.

Two players can be promoted to the active roster on game days. Then they return to the practice squad, unless the team offers a one-year deal.

Teams can't activate a player more than twice; after the second time, they must decide whether to promote him to the active roster.

[Avisan]

Thank you for this!

 

Posters should be requires to read this and pass a quiz on it prior to posting in threads about practice squad signings.

[Bigvinny]

 

[BillsShredder83]

1 hour ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

I was curious on the PS details. At this time I thought I’d share with others who might not know all the details:

 

When the COVID-19 pandemic shook up rosters in 2020, the NFL decided to expand practice squads to 16 players.

 With an exception: NFL teams can have 17 players on their practice squads, with one caveat: One practice squad member has to be a member of the NFL's International Pathway Program.
Of the other 16, 10 must be rookies or second-year players.

so, Up to six of the 17 players can have unlimited NFL experience, which is a big development in recent years. Previously, players could have no more than two accrued NFL seasons for eligibility.

Every Tuesday, teams can designate four players as protected, so they can't be placed on another team's active roster from that day until kickoff.

Two players can be promoted to the active roster on game days. Then they return to the practice squad, unless the team offers a one-year deal.

Teams can't activate a player more than twice; after the second time, they must decide whether to promote him to the active roster.

Wow! Its come a long way.  When theres no such thing as farm teams, in a billion $ market x 32, this makes so much sense to have!!

 

Kinda feel like they should expand it!!!  Maye an extra 5-10 spots for young guys with 4 years or less experience.  If they want to keep teams from abusing the extra part of the roster, designate the extra 5-10 spots as "redshirt".  Just a place for guys to latch on somewhere and develop.  Plenty of players would love that, teams would too, and it'd be good for the sport overall IMO.  We need more real talent in the NFL, and throwing away 99.5% of all college players surely isnt helping that.

 

Will any franchise QB's develop outta that? Probably not, but OL talent for example, has been falling league wide for a while now. I fail to see a real downside unless the XFL/UFL thing ever materializes.