Gets down to roster management and having options.Toppy Vann wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:22 pmHambone wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:29 pmRourke has been signed back on to Jacksonville's practice squad.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/ja ... 4b8c&ei=67
This triggered a thought.
My sense is that the Jaguars will take care in elevating Rourke given that each time he comes back he's open on the waiver wire and they only have 3 QBs under contract.
As Rourke said, he needed film on him from the pre-season. I assume his first objective has to be on the Jags active roster with the subsidiary objective of getting some regular season tape on him.
As I think about the rule the Jags probably don't want a 3rd QB eating a roster spot so that means they also don't want to needlessly expose their 3rd QB to waivers unless they have no choice.
NFL active rosters are 53 (or is it 55) players with 48 making the game roster. It's important for teams to leave themselves with flexibility and options for late decisions on who of the 53 (or 55) will be on the game roster. If the Jags wanted to not run the risk of clearing Rourke thru waivers to send him back to the PR they would be reducing their options for declaring their 48 man game roster by tying up a spot on a QB who is really there only for "break glass in case of emergency" use. They would also be running the risk of losing a positional player if they have to waive him, a positional player who is more likely to actually play.