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Troy had a pretty interesting question regarding practice squad elevations this week where he wondered just how much teams are actually spending on elevations since this is a new thing teams will have to budget for in the future. Since we track standard elevations (Covid elevations hopefully will just be a one year deal) we […]
Here is the updated list of practice squad elevations on the season. With the trade deadline coming up and veterans being exposed to waivers after the deadline it may be a time to see if more veterans get elevated or not. A player is only eligible to be elevated two times per team each year. […]
Here is the updated list of practice squad elevations on the season. The Steelers finally made an elevation this week so now everyone has used the rule at least once. Name Team Position Times Elevated Jonathan Ward Cardinals RB 2 Khalil Dorsey Ravens CB 2 Jordan Richards Ravens S 2 Reggie Bonnafon Panthers RB 2 […]
Last week Troy brought up an interesting point about use of the elevation rule and the use on vets vs non-vet players so I thought we could look that up this week. Thus far there have been 113 players who have been elevated. Of those players 34 are veterans, so about 30% of call ups […]
We have our elevation tracker updated for Week 3. We are now up to 31 of the 32 teams having used the elevation rule (the Steelers are the lone holdout) with the Jets and Broncos being the two teams who have maxed out their use each week of the season. 25 players have used up […]
The new CBA brought a new wrinkle into the practice squad rules, allowing teams to elevate players to the active roster without having to ever terminate a practice squad contract. This is important for teams because it gives them a chance to avoid waivers for players they want to protect from being poached by another […]