The busiest roster day throughout the NFL is occurring this week, and it's not the start of free agency or the draft. Teams have to trim their 90-man rosters to 53 by Tuesday (Aug. 26), creating the initial 53-man rosters around the league ahead of the start of the season in less than two weeks.

Based on trimming their rosters from 90 to 53, 37 players are being cut from each team -- meaning 1,182 players around the league are going to be waived over the next several days. All teams must reduce their roster to an initial 53 players by Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. Teams are required to have 53 players on their active roster, but the players released still have an opportunity to be part of the 69-man roster.

This is possible via the practice squad, as teams can have a maximum of 16 players on t

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