Explaining NFL Roster Cut-Down Rules | Steelers Morning Rush
Steelers Morning Rush: Explaining the NFL's roster cut-down rules, and why not every player dresses every week.
Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s the NFL roster limit of 53 players.
Alan talked about why the NFL limits teams to 53 players, why not all of them are allowed to dress for a game, and how that impacted reserve quarterback John Rhys Plumlee’s chances of making the roster.
He also talked about long snappers and why their specialty has been deserving of a roster spot when others are not.
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