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Projecting the Chicago Bears final roster before Saturday’s cutdown

Cut down week has officially arrived and each NFL team around the league must cut from 80 players down to 53 before Saturday’s 4PM eastern time deadline. This means that the majority of teams will have to cut exactly 27 players, with the hope of bringing back 16 of those players on their extended practice squads for 2020 due to COVID-19.

Before we dive into roster and practice squad projections, it’s worth highlighting a few of the changes for 2020.

  • 16 team practice squads (up from 10 in 2019).
  • 6 out of the 16 players can have unlimited accrued seasons (meaning any veteran can be on the practice squad).