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NFL Week 5 Practice Squad Power Rankings 2022: Roster depth never been more critical in the NFL

NFL Week 5 Practice Squad Power Rankings 2022: Roster depth never been more critical in the NFL


Is it just me, or has NFL depth been tested more early in the 2022 season than ever before? OK, so maybe it’s not the most injury-riddled first month of the season in league history. But it feels like it, which has a trickle-down effect that very obviously relates to the Practice Squad Power Rankings. The members are becoming increasingly important! 

Here’s how I view it — the NBA is absolutely, unequivocally a superstar-driven league. There’s five players on the court for each team at a given time, so that’s a sensible. Amass the most superstars, win lots of games, and likely, championships. 

The NFL‘s vastly different. Given increased precautionary measures taken by teams on the injury front, it’s a “how-good-is-your-depth” league. Now, that’s not an insinuation that superstars in the NFL aren’t vital. They are. Yet it’s logical that in the world’s ultimate team sport, one with prevalent injuries as an accepted element of the game itself, roster depth is significantly critical. 

Weekly injury reports are lengthier each season, and even key, featured players are being held out of competition for longer than ever despite advances in medical treatment and rehabilitation, all of which is for the betterment of the long-term health of the players. I’m a major advocate of this movement in the NFL. 

And that’s not simply because of my clear-cut bias as the Practice Squad Power Rankings founder. I promise. This first month of the season should have served as a serious reminder that the practice squad absolutely matters. More than you think. Especially with that extra regular-season game on the schedule for everyone. 

The PSPR Call-Up Tally (The CUT) is cruising like Guy Fieri through Flavortown. The PSPR is at nine call-ups on the young season, including four members for action last weekend, and we still have Practice Squad Elevation Saturday in front of us. Let’s keep it rolling, NFL front offices. How about former PSPR Cover Guy Tom Kennedy’s nice little, three-catch, 54-yard outing against the Seahawks on Sunday? He got an opportunity and showed out. Not surprised. 

The expanded, 16-man practice squads are about the only good thing to come out of the pandemic, and they’re here to stay in the NFL. Because of this, I run the Practice Squad Power Rankings parallel to the league. I write about 16 individuals every Friday, 10 officially in the rankings and six honorable…

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