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MORE ON THE COMING CUTDOWNS
With the initial camp cuts changed from 65 to 75 this year, one important point to keep in mind is that the expiration of the NFL Europe exemptions has been moved from the second cut date to the first.
Before this season, the first roster cuts were to 65 players, and the second cuts were to 53. But the NFL Europe exemptions survived until the final cuts, giving teams more than 65 roster spots to play with.
In theory, then, the total head count in camp under the new rules will be roughly the same as it was under the old rules. If a team has six NFL Europe exemptions, it would have had 71 guys in 2005 after the first cuts. Now, it will have 75.
In the past, however, it was usually pretty easy to figure out after the first cuts to 65 that most of the NFL Europe guys were merely going to serve as cannon fodder in the final preseason game. With the core roster at 65 players, there were only four veteran spots that were up in the air, since eight of the rookies and street free agents would end up on the eight-man practice squad.
Now, with all NFL Europe exemptions expired at the first cut, any NFL Europe guys who in past years years would have merely been taking up space will be out the door, leaving teams with their 75 best players still in camp.
Read the rest at:
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
Under the heading of "More on the coming cuts."
With the initial camp cuts changed from 65 to 75 this year, one important point to keep in mind is that the expiration of the NFL Europe exemptions has been moved from the second cut date to the first.
Before this season, the first roster cuts were to 65 players, and the second cuts were to 53. But the NFL Europe exemptions survived until the final cuts, giving teams more than 65 roster spots to play with.
In theory, then, the total head count in camp under the new rules will be roughly the same as it was under the old rules. If a team has six NFL Europe exemptions, it would have had 71 guys in 2005 after the first cuts. Now, it will have 75.
In the past, however, it was usually pretty easy to figure out after the first cuts to 65 that most of the NFL Europe guys were merely going to serve as cannon fodder in the final preseason game. With the core roster at 65 players, there were only four veteran spots that were up in the air, since eight of the rookies and street free agents would end up on the eight-man practice squad.
Now, with all NFL Europe exemptions expired at the first cut, any NFL Europe guys who in past years years would have merely been taking up space will be out the door, leaving teams with their 75 best players still in camp.
Read the rest at:
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
Under the heading of "More on the coming cuts."