How manadatory are they as far as a team having to go by them. Can they list a player as a starter and then never use them??
For instance, does montreal have to still go by their present chart if Ham wins today??
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Not always accurate. If a player goes down in the secondary, you might see musical chairs. When Peter’s went down in Hamilton, Amos moved to the boundary, Stubblefield moved from SLB to field CB and Panabaker came in and played SLB.
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could winnipeg decide tomorrow to dress Collaros and Olivera??
I’m pretty sure that Winnipeg has a certain time frame to declare their roster, but they don’t have to declare who starts, They only have to declare their starting 46 positions
the two I named are not on their present depth chart at all.
I believe it is 24 hours before the game they have to declare the 46 man roster
So they cannot change it tomorrow
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bummer, I really wanted to pick them. dunno now
Yah 46 if they dress 2 globals otherwise 45 like we will dress tomorrow. That’s 24 hours prior to kickoff. One hour prior they have to declare the starters.
Didn’t it used to be a 46 depth chart and 42 declared 1 hour prior along with the starters?
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Yes but they changed it, I believe? It was before covid occurred. I’m not exactly sure what year?
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A depth chart is to be issued at least 24 hours before game time. It must list a minimum of 44 and a maximum of 45 players.
Teams can make changes to the game day roster up to 30 minutes prior to kickoff to account for game time decisions or injuries during warmup. For example, the Alouettes dropped Tyler Snead (GTD) and added Alexander Hollins to their roster prior to today’s game.
Any player added to the roster after the depth chart has been issued must come from the practice roster or be signed as a ‘street free agent’.
There is no requirement for a designated starter to start a game. With 3 phases in football it is possible for a starter to get injured on a special teams play before the offence and/or defence sees the field.
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Right it is 43 plus the one or two globals or 1 global and an extra NI. 44 is the minimum. When did they change from 1 hour prior to game time to 1/2 hour?
So what you are saying is that a team can bring the entire PR to the game and make last minute changes as it sees fit? Meaning you can shuffle regular starters to the PR and reinsert them last minute into the lineup? That has an odor to it.
I don’t think everything is quite right.