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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
DUMBSHIT. GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEAD. ANY ROOKIE FREE AGENT WHO IS CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS IS AN UNPROVEN, UNDRAFTED PLAYER THAT 32 TEAMS COULD HAVE DRAFTED AND INSTEAD SIGNED HIM TO THEIR 53 MAN ROSTER FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S PRACTICE SQUAD. THIS SHIT HAPPENS. IT WOULD ESPECIALLY HAPPEN WITH A QB WITH TONS OF POTENTIAL.
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It is readily apparent from this post that you have no idea how the waiver wire/practice squad designation works.
And I won't even call you a dumbass for it.
When a player is released he goes through waivers. If a team picks him up off of waivers, that team MUST add him to the 53 man roster. THEY CANNOT PUT THAT PLAYER ON THEIR PRACTICE SQUAD.
All practice squad players on every team must clear waivers first.
If that player clears waivers, then he is free to sign with anyone and those teams CAN place him on their practice squad.
Now I ask you, why would a team pass on Bray for 7 rounds, see him get cut by a QB-hungry team and pick him up off waivers and place him on their 53-man roster? Because they all of a sudden see him with amazing potential?
Bullshit. Won't happen.
If Bray were to be cut and he did clear waivers, why would he sign to another team's pratice squad when he chose the Chiefs as an undrafted rookie and went through an entire offseason with them?
I agree that it is entirely likely Bray will make the final roster, but if KC wanted to put him on the practice squad, it'll be likely because he didn't do much in the preseason and thus no team would pick him off waivers.