Quote:There's an additional reason (to the very good reason you mentioned) to add a player when there's an opportunity prior to the final preseason game that was discussed on NFL Sirius Radio early this week. Approximately between 25 and 35 players on a typical NFL roster prior to the final preseason game won't play in the game or play very little. Between not wanting to lose starters for the regular season and preexisting injuries,  it's inevitable a large number of players will be kept out of the game.   Hence,  for most of the game, there will only be between 40 and 50 players available. An additional body could go along way in being able to get through the game w/o having to play someone you don't want to play or playing someone out of position. 

 

 Because of limited players available for the final preseason game, there's a school of thought in a number of NFL organizations to push for 90 man rosters until the cutdown to 53.