The NFL'sroster cut deadline daywas on Tuesday. All 32 teams had to trim rosters from 90 to 53 players ahead of a 4 p.m. ET deadline. But for many players, getting waived ahead of the deadline does not mean they'll need to open their LinkedIn to find a cushy, corporate job, even if another team does not claim them. Every team will be adding some of the players it waived to its practice squad. Those lucky candidates will join a pool of more than a dozen extra players on the team's payroll that can be called up to the active roster during the season if needed. Practice squads will begin to take shape on Wednesday at noon ET, when teams can start signing players. USA TODAY Sports will be tracking practice squad signings throughout the day. ROSTER CUTS:Tracker for all of Tuesday's most notable NFL transactions This section will be updated as NFL teams add players to their practice squads. NFL teams will have the opportunity to claim players off waivers ahead of the Noon ET deadline. Below is a look at the order of priority for 2025, which is the inverse order of the teams' finishes during the 2024 NFL season. Tennessee Titans Cleveland Browns New York Giants New England Patriots Jacksonville Jaguars Las Vegas Raiders New York Jets Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints Chicago Bears San Francisco 49ers Dallas Cowboys Miami Dolphins Indianapolis Colts Atlanta Falcons Arizona Cardinals Cincinnati Bengals Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers Los Angeles Chargers Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings Houston Texans Los Angeles Rams Baltimore Ravens Detroit Lions Washington Commanders Buffalo Bills Kansas City Chiefs Philadelphia Eagles The difference between being waived and released in the NFL is all about service time. Those with four or more accrued seasons – whichthe NFL definesas a season during which a player is on the 53-man roster, physically unable to perform list or injured reserve for at least six games – are released while those with less are waived. Players who are released immediately become free agents. That allows them to immediately start negotiating potential deals with teams around the league. Meanwhile, players who are waived are subject to the NFL's waiver process, where they can be claimed by another NFL team willing to take on the remainder of their contract. Only after clearing waivers does a waived player become a free agent able to sign with any team. A practice squad is an extra group of players a team can have in reserves that do not count toward its 53-man roster limit. Those players participate in weekly practices and help rostered players prepare for their matchups each week. Practice squad players can be promoted to the roster as extra help in case of injuries to active players or if teams feel like they've developed enough to earn a spot on the roster. Any player with any level of experience – from rookie to multi-year veteran – can be on an NFL practice squad, though there are some limitations on how many veterans each team can carry. Ten of a team's practice squad players must be either rookies or second-year players. Teams are allowed only six three-plus-year veterans on their practice squads. In total, 17 players are allowed on an NFL practice squad. Ten of them must be either rookies or second-year players. Veterans can occupy a maximum of six practice squad spots. One player of the 17 must also be an international player – specifically, a member of the NFL's International Player Pathway Program. If a team has no international player on its practice squad, it would be capped at 16 players on the reserve group. First- and second-year players make $13,000 per week during the season. That's $234,000 over 18 weeks. Players with more than two years of NFL experience typically earn a minimum of $17,500 per week, which translates to $315,000 over 18 weeks. Practice squad players also do not count against a team's salary cap. Only the 53 players on the active roster affect a team's cap space. The following players have been marked as potential practice squad candidates by various NFL insiders. Jordan Clark, DB, New York Jets Cobee Bryant, CB, Atlanta Falcons Xavier Restrepo, WR, Tennessee Titans Sam Hartman, QB, Washington Commanders Tank Lichtenhan, OT, Baltimore Ravens Elijah Chatman, DL, New York Giants Cam Horsley, DT, Tennessee Titans Sam Roberts, DL, Carolina Panthers Eku Leota, Edge, Pittsburgh Steelers Tyler Huntley, QB, Cleveland Browns Trent Brown, OT, Houston Texans This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:NFL practice squad tracker with live updates ahead of 2025 season