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David Levine -> RE: General Vikes Talk (8/27/2024 3:20:08 PM)
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Waiver Claims
Now that all of the NFL teams have set their final rosters, teams are going to be coming through those cuts to see if there’s anyone they’re interested in. If a team wants to claim a player with less than four years of accrued NFL service, they will have to put in a waiver claim for them and hope that the player falls to them. Any player with more than four seasons of service that gets released is a free agent and can immediately sign with another team without having to go through the waiver process.
The waiver priority list is based on last season’s draft order, and remains so through the end of the third week of the regular season. That means that, as things stand right now, the Vikings are at #11 on the waiver priority list. A team can claim as many players as they want, but if a team above them on the waiver priority list puts in a claim on the same player, the team with the higher priority wins. So, if any of the 10 teams above the Vikings put in a claim on a player the Vikings want, that player isn’t coming to Minnesota.
The Carolina Panthers, who are at #1 on the list, can claim any player they want and as many players as they want. Once we get through the first three weeks of the regular season, the waiver order goes back to win-loss records and various tiebreakers based on the current season.
If a team is awarded a player on waivers, they then have to make a corresponding move to add that player to the 53-man roster, such as waiving or releasing another player.
The deadline for these claims is 11:00 AM Central time on Wednesday morning. After that, we move to the second phase [Practice Squad].
https://www.dailynorseman.com/2024/8/27/24229738/initial-roster-set-waivers-practice-squad-minnesota-vikings-roster
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