Titans should exploit potentially massive loophole in new roster rules
By Will Lomas
Why bigger rosters are good news for the Titans.
NFL rosters are generally cut down to the bare essentials with playoff teams like the Tennessee Titans, often left in search of depth later in the season.
Last year, Adoree Jackson went down after the Titans had already lost Malcolm Butler to I.R. which meant that Tramaine Brock was signed to help patch that hole with someone with real NFL experience instead of asking an UDFA to step in and play against teams like the New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, and Kansas City Chiefs.
Most people forget about that because Adoree Jackson managed to come back when the playoffs started, but that problem didn’t go away and the Titans did end up playing Brock in the playoffs at different points.
It is crazy to think that in the past these roster cuts have kept Pro Bowl players like Legarrette Blount and Jack Doyle off the roster, allowing them to get signed to other teams where they thrived.
Well, that won’t happen this year with two new rule changes.
Several roster changes we’ve discussed are now official for 2020:
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 4, 2020
- 16-man practice squad (up to 6 with no limit on accrued seasons)
- Protect up to 4 P-squad members each Tuesday
- Starting 4 p.m. ET Sept. 6, unlimited players can return from injured reserve, after 3 weeks
The big takeaway people have come away with in this Tom Pelissero report, is the I.R. return list, which is still huge. However, the practice squad changes are what is most interesting to me.
I want to talk to a situation that is near in dear to my heart (because I think it was a big mistake), let’s talk about what I call the “Corey Levin Revision.”