Practice squad players practice alongside regular roster players during the week, but they are not allowed to play in actual games. They can be paid considerably less than active squad players: The minimum salary from 2008 to 2010 is $5,200 per week (2008-2010)[1] for 17 weeks, or $88,400 per season, in comparison to the NFL minimum rookie salary of $285,000. Some practice squad players are paid considerably more, however. In 2006, the New England Patriots paid third-year player Billy Yates the full $425,000 he would have earned on the active roster.[2]

They can "over pay" a PS player.





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Originally Posted by: wpr 

Thanks wpr, so if I am reading this right, Ted could sign a guy to a 1 year contract for whatever amount he wanted. The hard part will be some of these players clearing waivers, but it is good to know that a team has the option to pay a guy of they think he has future potential.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan 

A player on the practice squad is not under contract; he is considered a free agent. He is free to sign with any team at any time, without compensation to the team on whose practice squad he plays. The team can pay him whatever it wants, although the minimum is a little over $80,000. At the conclusion of the season, a team can sign a player to a Reserve/Future contract, but that is only good until the next training camp, as far as I know. Basically, it is a way of signing a player early to the 80-man roster.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

With The Packers having an abundant of talent at the wr position my ? is this after a player clears waivers Can Ted sign a guy( say Chastin West ) to a 2 or 3 year contract and then put him on the practice squad?

Thus making it a little harder of a decision for a team to pluck that player off The Packers PS.

I think I remeber something like this happening last year but am not sure, just wondering if anyone has an answer.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan