After Monday awards and Wednesday practice-squad fills, the in-season inventory is still open. Clubs may elevate up to two practice-squad players per week. A player gets three elevations, then a real 53 signing. Another club can sign your practice-squad player only onto its 53 and must keep him eligible three games. There is no practice-squad-to-practice-squad signing. The COVID weekly four-player shields are gone. No named skill poach has filed since Wednesday's practice-squad pack. Shop that b
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Big Blue View's 2026 explainer: another club can sign a practice-squad player only onto its 53, and he must be eligible at least three games. COVID-era protections that let clubs designate four players each week no longer exist.
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Any player signed off another club's practice squad must be added to the new 53 and be eligible at least three games. The COVID four-player weekly shield is gone. Standard practice squad is 16, plus one international exemption.
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Clubs sign 16 practice-squad players, plus a 17th international pathway player. That is the live Week 1 tool after Monday claims and Wednesday fills, not a second 16-man shopping recap.
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Monday: Atlanta signed linebacker Josh Woods from its own practice squad to the 53 and placed JD Bertrand on injured reserve. Bertrand would use one of eight in-season designated-to-return spots. That is a club's own elevation-to-53, not a named skill poach.
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The Falcons note clubs may elevate two practice-squad players per game. After three elevations, the player must be signed to the 53 to be active again. No named running back, receiver, tight end, quarterback, or kicker poach has filed since Wednesday's practice-squad pack.