At the conclusion of training camp the cut to 53 is always a time where fans fear their team will lose a young player with potential upside to another team’s waiver claim. However, as we’ve looked at, most players pass through waivers unclaimed, and it’s rare that a team is unable to sign a player that it wants to keep to its practice squad.
Unfortunately, fans can’t stop stressing just because a player cleared waivers and signed to the practice squad. Just nine days after the Seattle Seahawks signed Simeon Thomas to the practice squad to serve as depth for the secondary, the Washington Redskins have poached Thomas.