{"id":986257,"date":"2026-08-29T09:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/986257\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:33:29","slug":"nfl-waiver-wire-order-rams-currently-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/986257\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL waiver wire order: Rams currently 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Los Angeles Rams enter the 2026 season with some of the highest expectations in the NFL, and the latest odds from <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> reflect that confidence. FanDuel currently lists the Rams at +500 to win Super Bowl LXI, making them the favorite to capture the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Rams are completing the final touches on their roster as they work towards the 53 man roster limit. Teams working to get to their 53 may have to make some tough decisions; leaving other franchises potentially interested. The majority of players released will have to pass through waivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The NFL waiver system determines which team has the first opportunity to claim a player who has been waived. If multiple teams submit claims for the same player, the organization positioned highest in the waiver priority receives the player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Los Angeles Rams have an elite roster on paper right now and will likely release a handful of players that other teams have interest in. The Rams, themselves may have interest in cut candidates on other rosters but acquiring them may not be as easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For the initial waiver period following roster cutdowns, as well as the first three weeks of the regular season, waiver priority follows the league\u2019s original draft order from that year. Trades involving draft picks and forfeited selections do not alter the waiver order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Players with fewer than four accrued NFL seasons generally must pass through waivers when released. An accrued season is credited when a player spends at least six games on a team\u2019s active roster, PUP list, or injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Once a qualifying player is waived, other teams have an opportunity to submit a claim, with the waiver period typically lasting 24 hours. Players with four or more accrued seasons, often referred to as veterans, generally are not subject to the standard waiver process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams enter the 2026 season with some of the highest expectations in the NFL, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":986258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,5089,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":["post-986257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-rams","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-los-angeles-rams-news","tag-los-angeles-rams-roster","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesrams","tag-nfl","tag-rams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117178112647095216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}