This offseason, the NFL and NFL Players Association agreed to a brand-new Collective Bargaining Agreement that made several changes to the way teams may construct their roster. Then when the pandemic hit, the two sides agreed on a couple more changes to protect teams and their rosters from every getting too overwhelmed or undermanned.
These rule changes could have a huge impact on how general managers construct their 53-man rosters this week. With the expansion of practice squads, increase in game-day rosters, and other important tweaks to roster rules, we could see a very different strategy from each team as they reduce their roster size over the next three days.