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The 2024 NFL season is like that message on your car’s rearview mirror: it is closer than it appears.
Now that Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET roster deadline has passed, all of the league’s 32 teams have slimmed their rosters down from a maximum of 90 players to the in-season maximum of 53. Many backup quarterback roles were defined, and a handful of teams made some trades to skip the waivers line.
With initial rosters being finalized, here are 12 takeaways from Tuesday’s avalanche of moves.
1. Falcons aren’t messing around with QB depth
The Atlanta Falcons are keeping three quarterbacks on their roster — Kirk Cousins and 2024 eighth overall draft pick Michael Penix Jr. (obviously) and then also Taylor Heinicke. The veteran with six years of NFL experience — 38 career games and 29 career starts — played well below his resume this preseason.
Heinicke only completed 45.5% (20 of 49) of his passes for 206 yards without either a touchdown or an interception. At times, he looked overwhelmed across the three preseason games, which appeared to put his roster spot in jeopardy. However, he made the team, and part of that likely has to do with the 36-year-old Cousins coming off his Achilles injury. If his health wasn’t a concern, they could have cut Heinicke and replaced him with any other quarterback who just missed the cut on a different team. Atlanta instead opted to keep him around, likely in part to him going through their whole offseason program.
2. Packers GM cuts bait on backup QB, kicker draft picks
The Packers have always made their bones as a draft and develop team when it comes to their quarterback position, and in that regard general manager Brian Gutekunst is no different than his predecessors, Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson.
Gutekunst drafted Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford in the fifth-round of the 2023 draft and Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt in the seventh round of the 2024…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-08-28 03:27:47
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