Big Red
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"Darren, Follow up from last week. Judy Battista at NFL.com wrote 'The active roster on game day will go from 46 to 48 players, and one of the extra players has to be an offensive lineman. Practice squads will also expand, to 12 players in 2020 and 2021, and to 14 starting in 2022. Two practice-squad players each week can be elevated to the team's active roster, meaning that the roster during the week will effectively be 55.' With that, I can envision some players that are good enough to play in the NFL but on the bubble for the roster this year being placed on the expanded practice squad with the intent of bouncing them up when injury or gameplan calls for it. P Ryan Winslow, DE Michael Dogbe, DT Miles Brown fit this category. Then there are gadget players like QB Chris Streveler, maybe T Brett Toth, who could be on the practice squad unless the game plan fits them and then they could be one of the 2 players moved up. Do you see any roster-forming adjustments in mindset and approach regarding the end of the roster?"
A couple of clarifications: The only way you can have 48 active on game day is if you have at least eight offensive linemen on the roster and you make eight of them active. Otherwise, you can only have 47 (up from 46.) Something to consider, although the Cardinals almost always have at least eight offensive lineman on the 53-man roster. As for the practice squad, don't forget that a player must pass through waivers initially even to reach the practice squad. And then a player can only be elevated from the PS to the game day roster twice before he has to be waived again to get back on the PS. So there are limits. Will it mean teams could adjust the roster based on such things? Yes, I think that's possible. But we are still talking about the bottom of the roster.
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