Dolphins waiver pickups

[arge]

Just curious, if we did place a waiver claim, since we are first in line, what happens then?

Are we then relegated to the bottom of the waiver priority list (# 32), or do we stay as first priority all season?

 

[PhinCanuck]

I believe we drop, but I am not 100% sure.

 

[Dfan06]

I think as the season goes on depending on our record we drop, kind of like fantasy football.

 

[PhinCanuck]

All I could find about waivers, it says nothing about whether we drop:

WAIVERS​

The waiver system is a procedure by which player contracts or
NFL rights to players are made available by a club to other clubs
in the League. During the procedure, the 31 other clubs either file
claims to obtain the players or waive the opportunity to do so—
thus the term “waiver.” Claiming clubs are assigned players on a
priority based on the inverse of won-and-lost standing. The
claiming period is three business days from the beginning of the
League Year through the last business day before July 4, and 24
hours after July 4 through the conclusion of the regular season.
If a player passes through waivers unclaimed, he becomes a free
agent. All waivers are no recall and no withdrawal. Under the
Collective Bargaining Agreement, from the beginning of the
waiver system each year through the trading deadline (October
17, 2006), any veteran who has acquired four years of pension
credit is not subject to the waiver system if the club desires to
release him. After the trading deadline, such players are subject​

to the waiver system.

Yet I do remember someone once told me the team drops after picking a player in waivers.

 

[Itsdahumidity]

All I could find about waivers, it says nothing about whether we drop:

WAIVERS​

The waiver system is a procedure by which player contracts or
NFL rights to players are made available by a club to other clubs
in the League. During the procedure, the 31 other clubs either file
claims to obtain the players or waive the opportunity to do so—
thus the term “waiver.” Claiming clubs are assigned players on a
priority based on the inverse of won-and-lost standing. The
claiming period is three business days from the beginning of the
League Year through the last business day before July 4, and 24
hours after July 4 through the conclusion of the regular season.
If a player passes through waivers unclaimed, he becomes a free
agent. All waivers are no recall and no withdrawal. Under the
Collective Bargaining Agreement, from the beginning of the
waiver system each year through the trading deadline (October
17, 2006), any veteran who has acquired four years of pension
credit is not subject to the waiver system if the club desires to
release him. After the trading deadline, such players are subject​

to the waiver system.

Yet I do remember someone once told me the team drops after picking a player in waivers.

Could you make the font smaller my left retina would like to explode as well. :D j/k

I found this nice explanation from a Packers blog:

"Players are awarded based on the inverse order of last year's records. During the regular season, they are based on the inverse order of everyone's current record."

"A team can submit claims on as many players as it likes provided it has space on its 53-man roster or is willing to make space. It can also submit multiple claims, but identify one or two or however many as priority claims. In other words, it is ranking in order the players it would like to obtain."

http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2007/09/04/a-little-lesson-on-the-waiver-system.aspx