With NFL teams including the New York Giants trimming their rosters to the regular season limit of 53 players and, subsequently building their practice squads, let’s go through the rules for each.
Waiver wire rules
Teams have until noon ET on Wednesday to file a claim for any player released in the roster cuts from 90 to 53 players. The Giants are No. 26 in the waiver claim order, which matches where they were positioned in the 2023 NFL Draft. That means if the Giants claim a player they will not be awarded that player unless none of the 25 teams ahead of them have also claimed that player.