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Mods: With all the confusion about how the NFL's waiver system works, can we sticky this (or sticky it in the future) when the "waiver wire" talks heat up on this board? I searched for hours and hours to find this, and I was amazed at how obscure the waiver wire procedures have been. You'd think there would be an NFL site out there to describe the ins-and-outs of the waiver system, but I have yet to find one. I encourage other "research geeks" out there to help us out by doing some searches and gathering up additional data to help lend clarity to the complete waiver system that seems to be a little cloudy thus far.
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* if you can find better or more insightful waiver procedure commentary, please add to this post. Use links, please, to verify your findings.
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...As we mentioned a few days ago, the fact that a player has made it into the 53-man roster of a given team doesn't mean that he's safe. With 704 players hitting the market between Friday and Saturday [Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 of 2006], teams will be looking to upgrade spots 46 through 53 on the roster.
"There are guys we are interested in," Eagles G.M. Tom Heckert said Saturday. "If we have a chance to get somebody, we'll have to weigh our options."
Waiver claims for players with less than four accrued seasons must be made by 12:00 p.m. EDT Sunday [Sept. 3, 2006]. The players are then awarded based on priority, with the worst team from 2005 (the Texans) getting the first crack at any given guy. For any player that the Steelers want to pursue via waivers, they only get the guy if no one else wants him.
For each player that a team is awarded through waivers, a player currently on the 53-man roster must be cleared out.
If a player clears waivers, he then becomes an unrestricted free agent.
For vested veterans with four or more accrued seasons, the players immediately become free agents. Only after the trading deadline must vested veterans clear waivers before signing elsewhere.
(You have to scroll down to find it) Link:http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM Profootballtalk.com AND IS THE NUTS-AND-BOLTS OF WAIVER PROCEDURES:
* if you can find better or more insightful waiver procedure commentary, please add to this post. Use links, please, to verify your findings.
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excerpt:
...As we mentioned a few days ago, the fact that a player has made it into the 53-man roster of a given team doesn't mean that he's safe. With 704 players hitting the market between Friday and Saturday [Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 of 2006], teams will be looking to upgrade spots 46 through 53 on the roster.
"There are guys we are interested in," Eagles G.M. Tom Heckert said Saturday. "If we have a chance to get somebody, we'll have to weigh our options."
Waiver claims for players with less than four accrued seasons must be made by 12:00 p.m. EDT Sunday [Sept. 3, 2006]. The players are then awarded based on priority, with the worst team from 2005 (the Texans) getting the first crack at any given guy. For any player that the Steelers want to pursue via waivers, they only get the guy if no one else wants him.
For each player that a team is awarded through waivers, a player currently on the 53-man roster must be cleared out.
If a player clears waivers, he then becomes an unrestricted free agent.
For vested veterans with four or more accrued seasons, the players immediately become free agents. Only after the trading deadline must vested veterans clear waivers before signing elsewhere.
(You have to scroll down to find it) Link:http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm