Wilson8
12-30-2020, 11:35 AM
The NFL Management Council and NFLPA have agreed to a new rule that will be beneficial to the Kansas City Chiefs during the playoffs.
According to NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero, the NFL and NFLPA recently agreed to remove the two-game restriction from practice squad standard elevations. Previously, players could only be activated to the 53-man roster from the practice squad twice without those players needing to clear waivers to return to the practice squad. Now, the NFL is allowing practice squad players to be elevated an unlimited number of times during the course of the playoffs.
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/30/nfl-unlimited-practice-squad-elevations-kansas-city-chiefs-outlook/
Not sure this makes a lot of difference to the Chiefs since I think teams are still limited to two players each game can be elevated and it does not go into effect until after week 17.
Would have been nice to allow all PS players to play for week 17.
I think this rule change would allow Gehrig Dieter, Deandre Baker, Chris Lammons, and Bryan Witzmann to possibly be elevated if the Chiefs needed them. Each of these guys had already been elevated twice from the PS, so they had reached their limit according to the previous NFL rules of Practice Squad management.
This new rule will go into effect at the conclusion of Week 17 and the start of the wild card round.
According to NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero, the NFL and NFLPA recently agreed to remove the two-game restriction from practice squad standard elevations. Previously, players could only be activated to the 53-man roster from the practice squad twice without those players needing to clear waivers to return to the practice squad. Now, the NFL is allowing practice squad players to be elevated an unlimited number of times during the course of the playoffs.
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/30/nfl-unlimited-practice-squad-elevations-kansas-city-chiefs-outlook/
Not sure this makes a lot of difference to the Chiefs since I think teams are still limited to two players each game can be elevated and it does not go into effect until after week 17.
Would have been nice to allow all PS players to play for week 17.
I think this rule change would allow Gehrig Dieter, Deandre Baker, Chris Lammons, and Bryan Witzmann to possibly be elevated if the Chiefs needed them. Each of these guys had already been elevated twice from the PS, so they had reached their limit according to the previous NFL rules of Practice Squad management.
This new rule will go into effect at the conclusion of Week 17 and the start of the wild card round.