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Practice Squad

By Raider Fan
7/29/2019 9:40 am
JDB have you ever thought about creating a practice squad? It would be great, because you can keep young talent and develop them in your system without cutting them.

Re: Practice Squad

By punisher
7/29/2019 9:47 am
Raider Fan wrote:
JDB have you ever thought about creating a practice squad? It would be great, because you can keep young talent and develop them in your system without cutting them.


Basically he has thought about it but he is not going to do it and just read his quotes below to WHY

jdavidbakr wrote:
parsh wrote:
Having practice squads would be a huge headache. Remember in the real world, anyone can sign your practice squad player. So why not just leave them as FAs?


This is why there is no practice squad - it would basically be an extra amount of work with no real value.


thread = https://ros127.myfootballnow.com/community/5/4702?page=1#32777


jdavidbakr wrote:
parsh wrote:
Keep in mind PS players are essentially FAs. While they are associated with a team, they can be signed by other teams ..


This is primarily why I haven't implemented a practice squad (it's been talked about before) - it adds a level of complexity and potential confusion for minimal benefit.


thread = https://ros127.myfootballnow.com/community/5/2176?page=1#14191

Re: Practice Squad

By Raider Fan
7/29/2019 12:08 pm
Ok, that makes sense and thanks for enlightening me.

Re: Practice Squad

By punisher
7/29/2019 12:59 pm
Raider Fan wrote:
Ok, that makes sense and thanks for enlightening me.


your welcome

Re: Practice Squad

By Cjfred68
7/31/2019 6:36 pm
I get why he wont add a practice squad but I can give you an example where the practice squad players are just free agents so why do it.

Say I have a 12th year kicker who will soon retire. I draft a kicker in the late rounds and he booms slightly in camp. He is good but not quite as good as my veteran. When I have to trim my roster from 60 to 53 for the regular season, I have to cut that rookie kicker meaning he will become livid with my team and refuse to sign with them in the future.

If there is a practice squad, I can try to stash him on it in hopes nobody signs him and he can then be called up the following year if my veteran retires.

The same scenario can be made for other drafted players that may not be quite good enough to make the team but would be a nice thing to have come week 13 when injuries mount up and I have to field a team. Basically any rookies that dont make your 53 man roster become free agents for 31 other teams and the drafting team gets screwed.

I can think of dozens of times, I drafted someone that I wish I could of held onto but had to cut. That's the whole purpose of a practice squad

Re: Practice Squad

By parsh
7/31/2019 10:28 pm
I could easily accept no PS if the "opinion of you" was turned down. I get a player not willing to sign right after a cut; but goodness, some of these players still won't sign after years of being a FA.

Thats what is ridiculous to me ..