Re: Actually, it's 48 ...

The portions in italics are from [www.ninersnation.com]

Teams can have 48 players active on game day as long as they follow the rules.

Beginning with the 2020 regular season, the Active List limit shall be increased from forty-six players per Club to forty-eight players per Club; provided, however, that such a Club’s Active List includes a minimum of eight players whose primary playing position is Center, Guard or Tackle (collectively, “Offensive Lineman”).

Interpretation: As long as the team has eight or more linemen that are active, they’re allowed to have 48 roster spots instead of 46, which was the maximum number of active gameday players under the previous CBA.

And teams can essentially have 55 players on their roster, as per the following:

In each game of the regular and postseason, a Club may choose to elevate either one or two players from its Practice Squad to its Active/Inactive List without the player first terminating his Practice Squad Player Contract and executing an NFL Player Contract.

That is telling us the practice squad player is elevated temporarily and will revert to the practice squad within a business day of the day the game was played. Also, the player called up does not have to be active on game day. The big change is once the player reverts to the Practice Squad, he will not be subject to waivers.

(Note that this provision can only be used on a given player twice per season.)

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AlbaNY_Ram



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/2021 05:44AM by AlbaNY_Ram.