Overview
- Teams met the cutdown deadline and reduced rosters to 53 players, triggering a 24-hour waiver window that required claims to be filed by Monday at 1:00 p.m. ET.
- Teams submitted and processed waiver claims during the window, with clubs such as Atlanta awarded multiple players and others losing cuts to higher-priority claims.
- After the waiver period closed, franchises began signing released players to practice squads and finalizing 16-player units that may include up to six veteran slots.
- Clubs are using injury lists, PUP designations and temporary releases of vested veterans to protect targeted players from waivers and to create roster flexibility for Week 1.
- The shuffling creates immediate opportunities for hundreds of cut players while also shaping Week 1 depth and setting up short-term moves such as three game-day practice-squad elevations and planned veteran re-signings.