(08-07-2023, 05:21 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(08-07-2023, 05:14 PM)empty Wrote: Yeah I distinctly remember them making this exact same roster cut rule a few years back.  Either I'm misremembering and they just talked about it instead of implementing it, or possibly it was a temp or COVID only change.  It does make way more sense to have it this way instead.  Teams have been basically benching their starters for the final game anyways, it only makes sense to have a deeper roster for that game.

I think perhaps they approved the new cut rule but waited until well after covid implications to implement it? Don't know. 
Not seeing an explanation in a cursory search and no time to deep dive it, but at least we know where we stand now. 

I'm really curious to see how many of our players form the late rounds of this year's draft make the 53 or PS. 

Washington, Hallet, Vohasek and Hodges all seem to be making a pretty good case to stick.

Quote:When are NFL roster cuts in 2020?

• Roster cuts deadline: Saturday, Sept. 5
  
• Deadline time: 4 p.m. ET
  

NFL teams are free to cut players whenever they want, but when the deadline of 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 5 arrives, all 32 rosters must consist of no more than 53 players on the active/inactive list. (Teams already had to trim their training camp rosters to a maximum of 80 players by Aug. 16.)
Prior to 2017, teams worked through multiple roster cut deadlines throughout the preseason to trim their personnel. Then the league's owners voted to create the format still used today — one deadline to trim rosters to 53 players upon the conclusion of the preseason.
In 2020, of course, there is no preseason, but the lone roster cuts deadline remains the same as originally scheduled. It lands a week before the start of the regular season.