Let’s be honest: The 2023 season wasn’t pretty for the Tennessee Titans. When the season ended, a lot of adjustments were made, including bringing in a new head coach in Brian Callahan. So far in 2024, the Titans look like a completely different team. They are relaxed, hopeful, and focused, and every single one of them wants to be there.
The problem is that there is only room for 53 men on the final roster, which must be finalized by 4 p.m. EST on Tuesday. That means that many players won’t get to remain with the Titans, at least not in their current format. Once a player is released, he is either added to waivers where he can be claimed by another team or released as a free agent who can sign with anyone.
Once the Titans make their cuts, they’ll have to review the players who were released around the league today to determine whether they want to add a cut player. The team makes a claim, and players are doled out in a specific order once they clear waivers.
Rosters will continue to be adjusted over the next several days as teams look for the final pieces they think they need to reach their goals this season. Let’s dive into what the waiver wire is, how it works, what the team order is, and everything that goes into making personnel decisions during this time.
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Waiver wire rules
The waiver wire can be confusing. There are differences between players who have been waived, waived/injured, cut/released and those whose contracts have been terminated.
Players who have less than four NFL seasons under their belts head to waivers, while those with four or more seasons in the league are to be cut/released and free to sign with any team they desire as soon as the same day. An accrued season is when a player has full-play status in a minimum of six games during a single season.
Those who go to waivers have a 24-hour waiting period where other teams can claim them. If they are not claimed, they are free to sign wherever they’d like.
If a player is waived/injured, they are still subject to the traditional waiver rules. The biggest difference here is that if no one claims them, they immediately revert to the team’s injured/reserve list. They can then be released with an injury settlement and cannot re-sign with the team that waived them for six weeks, plus the duration of the previously agreed-upon injury settlement.
Players claimed off waivers are awarded to the team that claims them and are required to be placed on their 53-man roster.
No limit exists to how many waiver claims a team can put in.
Injured reserve rules
At this point in the season, if a team is placing a player on injured reserve before the final roster is set, it’s likely that player will miss the entire season. This year, though, the NFL has added an exception to this rule: Teams can now designate a maximum of two players to return from IR before the 53-man roster is set. But if more than two players are put on IR before the 53-man roster is set, only the two designated will be allowed to return and everyone else misses the season.
Outside of the designations, players who do not have season-ending injuries must first be named to the 53-man roster and then placed on IR or the reserve/non-football injury list beginning at 4:00 pm ET on Wednesday. The players who end up on that list, whether it’s on Wednesday or any date after that, must miss a minimum of four games before they can return.
During the regular season, NFL teams can bring eight players back from IR, excluding the two exemptions above.
Physically unable to perform (PUP) list
Players added to the physically unable to perform (PUP) list do not count against the team’s 53-mann roster. However, they must miss the first four games of the season. Any player added to the PUP list before the start of training camp who missed all of the camp while on the list is allowed to start the regular season on PUP. If they took part in any portion of practice or took even one snap during preseason, they are not eligible for the PUP list.
When a player on the PUP list returns to practice, their team has a three-week window to decide whether or not to activate them. If the player is not activated, they are forced to miss the remainder of the season.
Practice squad rules
Every NFL team has a practice squad of 16 players. These players practice with the team but don’t suit up on game day. It’s a small pool of players each team can pull from when injuries rear their heads too. If they have a player with an international exemption, they can carry 17 players on the practice squad.
Any player who is a free agent can join a team’s practice squad, but there are different categories of eligible players and different rules for each category. There are also practice squad limits.
The 33rd Team has a nice breakdown:
1. Standard: A player must be a rookie or first-year man who has not earned an accrued season (four games on the active roster). If he has one or more years of accrued seasons, he’s still eligible if he was not on the game day active list for nine games in every year he earned an accrued season.
2. Exception: A player is eligible as an exception if he has two or fewer accrued seasons, even though he was active for nine games in any of those two accrued seasons. A team may have no more than 10 exceptions on their practice squad at any one time.
3. Veterans: Any player not covered as a standard-eligible or exception-eligible is considered a veteran. A club may have no more than six veterans on their practice squad at any time.
A team can sign 17 players (filling out their practice squad) who fall under the “standard” designation if they choose to.
Practice squad salary
Landing on a practice squad isn’t where players want to be, but they can still earn an income for playing the game they love. Practice squad players are paid on a scale system.
Players newer to the league, who have two or less NFL seasons under their belts, are paid on a fixed, weekly salary. This continues every year until the current CBA expires.
Year/Weekly salary
2022 – $11,500
2023 – $12,000
2024 – $12,500
2025 – $13,000
2026 – $13,750
2027 – $14,500
2028 – $15,250
2029, $16,000
2030 – $16,750
Players who have three or more seasons of experience have a little negotiating power.
Year/Minimum salary/Max salary
2022 – $15,400 – $19,900
2023 – $16,100 – $20,600
2024 – $16,800 – $21,300
2025 – $17,500 – $22,000
2026 – $18,350 – $22,850
2027 – $19,200 – $23,700
2028 – $20,900 – $25,400
2029 – $20,900 – $25,400
2030 – $21,750 – $26,250
Waiver wire order
This year’s waiver order is based on the 2024 NFL draft order (before trades). The order is as follows:
Carolina Panthers
Washington Commanders
New England Patriots
Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Chargers
New York Giants
Tennessee Titans
Atlanta Falcons
Chicago Bears
New York Jets
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis Colts
Seattle Seahawks
Jacksonville Jaguars
Cincinnati Bengals
Los Angeles Rams
Pittsburgh Steelers
Miami Dolphins
Philadelphia Eagles
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans
Buffalo Bills
Detroit Lions
Baltimore Ravens
San Francisco 49ers
Kansas City Chiefs
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