Every NFL team is required to cut its roster down to just 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 27, which means hundreds of players are going to hit the waiver wire after being cut.
Any player with fewer than four accrued seasons in the NFL is subject to waivers, which means any team can attempt to claim him. Teams will have to put in a waiver claim on any players they want to add by 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 28, so they’ll have to decide quickly which players are worth taking a run at.
Of course, just like the draft, there’s an order to all this madness. Teams are arranged in the waiver order based on their 2023 record, so it mirrors the 2024 draft order. That means the Los Angeles Rams will be 19th in the waiver order.
In other words, if they try to claim a player that one of the other 18 teams ahead of them also tries to claim, the Rams will not be awarded that player. There’s also no limit to how many players a team can claim. They just need to make room on the 53-man roster for any players who are added.
Below is the full waiver order, which will remain the order through the first three weeks of the season.
- Carolina Panthers
- Washington Commanders
- New England Patriots
- Arizona Cardinals
- Los Angeles Chargers
- New York Giants
- Tennessee Titans
- Atlanta Falcons
- Chicago Bears
- New York Jets
- Minnesota Vikings
- Denver Broncos
- Las Vegas Raiders
- New Orleans Saints
- Indianapolis Colts
- Seattle Seahawks
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Los Angeles Rams
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Miami Dolphins
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Cleveland Browns
- Dallas Cowboys
- Green Bay Packers
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Houston Texans
- Buffalo Bills
- Detroit Lions
- Baltimore Ravens
- San Francisco 49ers
- Kansas City Chiefs