Each week, NFL teams are permitted to have 48 players in uniform for a game.

In a week with a full slate of games, that means 1,536 players are on the sidelines, either as starters, members of special teams units, or standing at the ready as they are the proverbial “one play away” from being called upon to enter the game.

Those 1,536 players are joined by the rest of the 53-man roster and practice squad players each week in preparing for the next game. Mondays are for lifting weights or getting treatment for an injury. Tuesday is an off day. Wednesday through Friday is practice time, where the starters get the reps and the backups pay attention to what is going on. Saturdays are reserved for a walkthrough of the game plan.

On Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, rookie quarterback Shed

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