The Washington Commanders have to trim their roster down to 53 players by 4 pm today. The roster cuts will start before then, and many of those players will be signed to the team’s 17-man practice squad. Every team has to trim down from 90 or 91 players,

16 player squads

Practice squads were limited to 10 players in 2019, but that was set to change with the new CBA signed in 2020. The number was going to 12 players for 2 years, and then was going to be increased to 14 players in 2022. That all changed when the uncertainty of COVID-19 hit, and the league increased practice squads to 16 players, which will once again be the limit in 2025.

International Player Pathway Program

Teams participating in the International Player Pathway(IPP) program can have 91-man rosters during the offseason.

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