Cricket Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Is this waiver claim process described anywhere? Were the players that were waived/cut a few days before the deadline put into the same waiver pool as those cut the day of the deadline??? Are the players grouped by position? If they are: Miami, with the worst record last year, got first choice of the linemen...would they also get first choice at every other position group??? Does the league (commissioner or some league worker) call Miami and ask them to chose [u]one[/u] of their desired players...and then a call goes to the team with the next worst record who has placed at least one claim on a player...and they then get to pick one of their desired players...and so on..??? ...or do the teams rank their waiver claims??? Just curious as to what some of the details of this process are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 [quote name='Cricket' post='694414' date='Sep 2 2008, 09:32 AM']Is this waiver claim process described anywhere? Were the players that were waived/cut a few days before the deadline put into the same waiver pool as those cut the day of the deadline??? Are the players grouped by position? If they are: Miami, with the worst record last year, got first choice of the linemen...would they also get first choice at every other position group??? Does the league (commissioner or some league worker) call Miami and ask them to chose [u]one[/u] of their desired players...and then a call goes to the team with the next worst record who has placed at least one claim on a player...and they then get to pick one of their desired players...and so on..??? ...or do the teams rank their waiver claims??? Just curious as to what some of the details of this process are. [/quote] [quote][size=5][b]A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WAIVER PROCESS[/b][/size] Posted by Mike Florio on September 1, 2008, 9:19 a.m. EDT With teams now acquiring new players via the waiver system, several readers have asked us to explain the process. Here goes. Before the trade deadline in October, any player with less than four years of NFL service who is released by a team passes through the waiver system. Every team has an opportunity to make a claim for his rights. After the claims are entered, the player is then awarded to the team with the worst record. For now, the Dolphins have top priority on waiver claims, given their 1-15 record from 2007. We’re currently trying to figure out how the 2008 records factor into the process moving forward; after Week One, half the teams will be 0-1 and half will be 1-0. If the Dolphins win on September 7 and the Patriots lose, it doesn’t make sense that the Pats should have priority over the Fins for any players who are waived by other teams prior to the Week Two games. The team that is awarded the waived player assumes the contract he had with his former team. If the player isn’t claimed on waivers, he becomes an unrestricted free agent. He then can be signed to any team’s active roster or to a practice squad, if still eligible. [b]UPDATE:[/b] NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells us that the 2007 pecking order applies until after Week Three of the 2008 season. Also, a league source explains to us that teams may make multiple claims for players at the same position, with the understanding that if they get one of them they don’t want the others. It’s our understanding that the Browns did this on Sunday as to multiple offensive guards. Finally, after the trading deadline all players must pass through waivers. This tweak in the rules prevented the Raiders from signing Deion Sanders late in the 2002 season. The Redskins released his rights from the reserve-retired list, but the Chargers claimed him on waivers.[/quote] [url="http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/01/a-brief-summary-of-the-waiver-process/"]http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/01/...waiver-process/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 If you think the Bengals have any worse off-the-field problems than half the teams in the league, you aren't paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmanMunster Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 [quote name='T-Dub' post='694438' date='Sep 2 2008, 12:18 PM']If you think the Bengals have any worse off-the-field problems than half the teams in the league, you aren't paying attention.[/quote] you arent paying attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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