roster management Archives

One Potential Surprise Cut for Every NFL Team

June 21, 2022 12 min read

One Potential Surprise Cut for Every NFL Team

Every year, teams in the National Football League are forced to part ways with talented players in order to reduce their roster sizes to 53 players and fit under the league salary cap. Because of the NFL salary cap — which is very real, by the way — it is not always the players that […]

Charlie Parkinson

June 6, 2022 8 min read

Going into the season, most teams feel comfortable about the state of their current rosters, as they feel ready to compete going into the season. However, each team is not without flaws. Below, we will highlight every NFL team’s most glaring weakness heading into the 2022 season. New York Giants Weakness: CB Reasoning: While this […]

Tom Rudawsky

June 6, 2022 5 min read

Tom Rudawky is a former NFL scout for the New York Giants who previously worked in football operations for the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. He now writes for The 33rd Team among other publications. In the world of NFL roster building, decision makers walk a fine line between establishing a strong core of young […]

The 33rd Team

May 20, 2021 2 min read

What the 17-Game Schedule Means for Roster Management

Last week’s schedule release was the official unveiling of the NFL’s first-ever 17-game regular season, but it’s something teams have been anticipating for a decade. “A lot of what’s happened over the last 10 years has been building toward this,” said former Detroit Lions team president Tom Lewand, who joined this week’s 33rd Team Call […]

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