The busiest roster day throughout the NFL has come and gone. Teams have trimmed their 90-man rosters to 53 and had to do so by 4 p.m. ET, creating the initial rosters around the league ahead of the start of the season in less than two weeks.

Based on trimming their rosters from 90 to 53, 37 players were cut from each team -- meaning 1,182 players around the league have been waived or released by this afternoon. Teams are required to have 53 players on their active roster, but the players released still have an opportunity to be part of the 70-man roster.

This is possible via the practice squad, as teams can have a maximum of 16 players on their practice squad with one exception. If a team has a player from the International Pathway Program on its roster, it can keep 17 players. So tea

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