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The Los Angeles Rams have nearly 50 players who could be subject to waivers as they cut down from 90 players to 53 by the August 26 deadline and beyond. The Rams made those cuts on Tuesday and now have a 53-man roster.
These waived players will be subject to the waiver wire pool and can be claimed by another team.
If not, they can be a part of Los Angeles’s 16-man practice squad, which will likely be finalized the day after the cutdown date.
DT Decarius Hawthorne
ILB Chris “Pooh” Paul Jr.
S Tanner Ingle
CB Cam Lampkin
C Mike McAllister
WR Drake Stoops
QB Dresser Winn
OL AJ Arcuri
DT Jack Heflin
OLB Brennan Jackson
G John Leglue
OL Dylan McMahon
WR Xavier Smith
CB Charles Woods
CB Shaun Jolly (waived/injured)
C Willie Lampkin (waived/injured)
TE McCallan Castles
S Malik Dixon-Williams
OL Ben Dooley
OLB Josh Pearcy
DL Da’Jon Terry
OT Trey Wedig
As the final preparations begin for the season, teams will make massive changes to their roster, either waiving or releasing players. But not all players instantly become free agents and free to sign with any team.
Well, when a player is ‘waived’, they are subject to the waiver wire, where any team can claim them and assume their current contract. Currently, the waiver wire order (listed below) is dependent on the NFL Draft order from this past April, but without any trades.
Teams will file waiver claims at the same time, but only the team with the highest claim will successfully ‘claim’ the player and their current contract.
Whether or not a player enters the waiver wire of becomes a free agent depends on a player’s NFL service time. Players with at least four years of accrued NFL service time are outright released. If a player is released, their contract has ended, and they’re eligible to sign with any team.
However, if a player has less than four years of service time, they are waived and subject to waiver wire claims. Any player who is not claimed after being waived is eligible to sign wherever they’d like, including their former team’s practice squad.
Mainly, the group of players getting waived is those who are currently not eligible for unrestricted free agency status entering the year. They would be an Exclusive Rights Free Agent (less than three years of service) or a Restricted Free Agent (three years of service).
The NFL waiver order during the preseason and the first three weeks of the regular season mirrors the 2025 NFL Draft order. Once we get through four games, it resets to the current NFL standings. So the Titans have first crack at every player on waivers.
