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Dates are as have been reported: Tomorrow will be the 42 protections and up to 20 selections from contracted teams (XFL teams only drafting from contracted XFL teams, same for USFL).

The 15th will be the mega dispersal draft, where those players not protected by active teams as well as any other player not selected yesterday will be eligible to be drafted.

The press release also gives roster sizes: 75 for training camp, 50 for regular season, 42 active on gamedays plus one emergency QB.

There have also been rumblings of yet another draft that would take place after all this, likely to accommodate any new players interested in getting into the league before camp (i.e. NFL practice squad players not signing futures contracts, other free agents, etc.). Will be interesting to see how each team approaches the dispersal draft in terms of numbers and how many roster spots are kept available for that likely future draft.

Martavis Bryant was released today by the Cowboys when they brought back La'el Collins. Which draft, if another NFL contract isn't in his near future, would he be in then?

MGB01 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:35 pm Martavis Bryant was released today by the Cowboys when they brought back La'el Collins. Which draft, if another NFL contract isn't in his near future, would he be in then?

Technically he had to be released to sign an NFL contract, so I don't think he'd be part of the dispersal draft(s). But who knows!

Thinking back to Gary Jennings-gate (and how less than pleased AB was with that deal), that makes sense and he'd either be part of the second or third (if held) draft.

On that note I'm calling Jahcour Pearson to the BattleHawks (assuming the rounds go something like SA/STL/DC/ARL), probably won't be too popular with our semi-resident BH but we're talking big man stuff here

MGB01 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:52 pm
On that note I'm calling Jahcour Pearson to the BattleHawks (assuming the rounds go something like SA/STL/DC/ARL), probably won't be too popular with our semi-resident BH but we're talking big man stuff here

Yeah I wonder if "draft" is somewhat of a misnomer. I'm guess it's more that teams submit a list of players they'd like to "claim" and the league will go through it and if there's a "tie," there's some sort of way they've figured out to break the ties. I doubt it's a "live" draft with rounds, but again, it very well could be.