More than 1,000 NFL players received bad news Tuesday when they were told they didn’t make a 53-man roster. The majority of them will hit the waiver wire Wednesday.
If those players — which will include several players cut by the Miami Dolphins — don’t get claimed, they are free to sign with a practice squad. Players who are claimed are immediately on a 53-man roster.
But if the Dolphins choose to put in a claim for a waived player, they won’t get first dibs. For the first three weeks of the season, the waiver wire order is determined by each team’s final record in 2023. That means the Dolphins, along with other teams that made the playoffs last year, are near the bottom:
- Carolina Panthers
- Washington Commanders
- New England Patriots
- Arizona Cardinals
- Los Angeles Chargers
- New York Giants
- Tennessee Titans
- Atlanta Falcons
- Chicago Bears
- New York Jets
- Minnesota Vikings
- Denver Broncos
- Las Vegas Raiders
- New Orleans Saints
- Indianapolis Colts
- Seattle Seahawks
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Los Angeles Rams
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Miami Dolphins
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Cleveland Browns
- Dallas Cowboys
- Green Bay Packers
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Houston Texans
- Buffalo Bills
- Detroit Lions
- Baltimore Ravens
- San Francisco 49ers
- Kansas City Chiefs
What that means is that if multiple teams put in a claim on a player, the team that is highest in the order gets first priority. For example, if the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens both put in claims for Erik Ezukanma, the Cardinals would be awarded the recently waived wide receiver thanks to their 4-13 record last season.
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