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DelMar wrote: ↑August 26th, 2025, 9:29 am How the waiver wire works: Breaking down the biggest question of cut day
One popular question with NFL fans around cut day has to do with the waiver wire: How does it work?

Put your reading glasses on and let's dive into the answer.

All 32 teams have to trim their roster from 90 players down to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET today. After those 1,184 players are released, any of them with FEWER than four years of NFL experience will hit the waiver wire.

The waiver order is the same as the 2025 NFL Draft order, so here are the teams that will have first crack at making claims:

1. Titans
2. Browns
3. Giants
4. Patriots
5. Jaguars
6. Raiders
7. Jets
8. Panthers
9. Saints
10. Bears

The Titans can claim as many players as they want, but if they claim a player, that guy automatically hits their 53-man roster, so they'd also have to release someone to make room for the new guy (If they claimed 8 players, they'd have to release 8 players to make room).

Any team looking to claim a player who was part of the initial cuts will have to turn their claim in by 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday. If two teams claim the same player, the player will go to the team that's higher in the waiver order.

If a player clears waivers, he can re-sign with his old team. So someone like Shilo Sanders could sign with Tampa Bay's practice squad, but only if he clears waivers.

If a player with MORE than four year of NFL experience gets cut, they DON'T hit the waiver wire. Instead, they immediately become a free agent.

Jacksnow wrote: ↑August 27th, 2025, 8:09 pm As of today the 49ers don't have a punter. Morstead was the team's only punter and was waived.

GoldenRam wrote: ↑August 28th, 2025, 1:50 pm

Jacksnow wrote: ↑August 27th, 2025, 8:09 pm As of today the 49ers don't have a punter. Morstead was the team's only punter and was waived.

Guess they'll be the pro version of that high school that never punted!