Pack may use all 69 this season.
If one of your favorite Green Bay Packer players was cut this week, don’t be disappointed. Chances are you will still see him don the green and gold and take the field at some point this season.
Media and fans tend to put too much emphasis on the final cutdown to the 53 man active roster. With activation rules becoming more and more flexible each year, NFL teams have, in effect, a 69 man roster. Sixteen players are allowed on the practice squad. Any of them can be called up for a specific game three different times before the team is required to sign them to the active roster.