Every year, as the NFL cut day looms, fans of every NFL team bang their fists on the table for fringe roster players to make the initial 53-man roster so as to not have those players relegated to the practice squad, where they could be signed by another NFL team to their active roster. As of 2020, NFL practice squad rosters can consist of a maximum of 16 players. Six of those players can have unlimited NFL experience, and every Tuesday, each NFL team can protect four players from being signed to another NFL team’s active roster. (Teams cannot sign practice squad players from different teams and place them on their own practice squad.
The Fears of Practice Squad Poaching
