When the NFL and the NFL Players Association executed its new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on March 15, the headline-grabbing provisions included a 17-game regular season (which won’t happen any sooner than the 2021 season) and an increase in the players’ cut of league revenue — the biggest part of which will also occur in 2021.
But the new deal also changed some of the rules about team rosters and practice squads — and those have generated a lot of confusion among fans.
So let’s go through exactly how the rules have changed, how they have stayed the same — and how the Kansas City Chiefs might use them.