The 2024 NFL preseason is officially over.

The New York Jets brass will soon turn their attention to assembling the 53-man roster and 16-man practice squad. Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh have some difficult decisions ahead of the 53-man deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Below you'll find everything you need to know about roster cuts ahead of the 2024 NFL season.

2024 NFL roster cuts important details:

Unlike the past few years, the NFL has reverted from gradual roster cuts throughout the preseason to a single deadline. Rosters must be reduced to 53 players virtually all at once. The team has several different transactions they can use to make that happen. Here are the terms you need to familiarize yourself with:

• Released: When a vested veteran (those who have accrued four seasons in the NFL) is cut from a team. These players are not required to pass through waivers and can immediately become unrestricted free agents. Sometimes that means they'll sign with another team. Other times, teams can release these veterans and re-sign them after they've placed other players on injured reserve.
  
  
• Waived: Players who have not accrued four seasons in the NFL are waived instead of being released. 31 NFL teams will have a chance to claim waived players on their 53-man roster by Noon ET on August 28. If players are not claimed on waivers, they become unrestricted free agents. Waiver priority this time of year is determined by team records from the previous season. The team with the worst record will get the top waiver priority, in this case, the Carolina Panthers.

• Waived/injured: If these players clear waivers they will revert to the Jets’ injured reserve list. They can opt to spend the season with New York on IR or reach an injury settlement with the team, which will pay them for the number of weeks they'll miss with injury and make them an unrestricted free agent. Players who opt for the latter route can rejoin the team later in the season after they're healthy.
  
  
• Injured reserve: This is where a new rule has been put in place. Up until this year, a player had to make the initial 53-man roster to be placed on IR and be eligible to return later in the season. Now, up to two players can be placed on IR on the day of final cuts (Tuesday) and be designated to return. Teams still have the option to carry injured players on the 53-man roster and some good reasons to do so. First, if a player is placed on IR, he is forced to miss at least four games. Second, if a player makes the initial 53 and is placed on IR on the following day, there are eight designations to return from IR — and another two for playoff teams.

• Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list: Players on the Active/PUP list can be placed on the Reserve/PUP list in a move to get the roster down to 53 players. Players who are moved to the Reserve/PUP list do not count against the 53-man roster. They can attend team meetings, and use team facilities for rehab, but are not allowed to practice for four weeks. After four weeks, another 21-day window opens up, where the player can practice and be activated. If they’re not activated in those 21 days, they must be placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season.
  
  
• Reserve/Non-football injury/illness (NFI) lists: Players placed on either Reserve/NFI lists have to go through the same process as players on the Reserve/PUP list. They do not count toward the 53-man roster. They can go to team meetings and use facilities for rehab, but they’re not allowed to participate in practice for four weeks. After that, a four-week period opens where they can return to practice and the team can choose to activate the player. If the player isn’t activated at the end of the second four-week period, they’ll remain on injured reserve for the rest of the season. The big difference between the NFI and PUP lists is that teams can withhold a portion of a player’s salary if they’re placed on the NFI lists.
  

• Reserve/Suspended list: Players who are placed on the Reserve/Suspended list have to serve out an NFL suspension. Players on this list do not count toward 53-man roster limits and are not paid their base salary.
  

• Reserve/Did Not Report list: Players who have left their team or stopped playing NFL football but have yet to submit retirement papers. This player does not count against a team's roster limit or its salary cap. Here is where you will find Haason Reddick.

• Reserve/Retired list: Players who are placed on this list have retired from the NFL. This is a pretty rare transaction that you typically wouldn't see in a move to get to 53 players.

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Jets' key position battles:

The main position battles for the Jets are at RB2, Kick Returner and wide receiver. While the RB2 spot seems to be locked up by rookie Braelon Allen, there is a battle on the depth chart between Izzy Abanikanda and Isaiah Davis to get some rotational work.

As for the kick return spot, Brandon Codrington had a game in preseason game two against the Carolina Panthers that might earn him a roster spot. Incumbent returner Xavier Gipson has been hurt most of camp and others have filled in while he has been sidelined. 

As for wide receiver, the Jets have definite spots for Garrett Wilson, Mike Williams, Xavier Gipson, Allen Lazard and Malachi Corley. But who starts where is anyone’s guess.

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Players Jets' on the roster bubble:

I've counted 46 players who are on the roster bubble and at risk of not making the 53-man roster. This could be for a variety of reasons, be it performance, availability, and so on.  Here are the players in danger of being cut but no word has come down yet on their status.

• QB Andrew Peasley

• QB Adrian Martinez

• RB Israel Abanikanda

• RB Deon Jackson

• WR Tyler Harrell

• WR Irvin Charles

• WR Jason Brownlee

• WR Isiah Winstead

• WR Malik Taylor

• WR Lance McCutheon

• WR Brandon Smith

• TE Zack Kuntz

• TE Anthony Firkser

• TE Lincoln Sefcik

• OT Obinna Eze

• OT Max Mitchell

• OT Austin Deculus

• OG Jake Hanson

• OG Willie Tyler III

• OG Chris Glaser

• OG Xavier Newman

• OG Kohl Levao

• OG Brady Latham

• OG Wes Schweitzer

• DT Tanzel Smart

• DT Leonard Taylor III

• DT Bruce Hector

• EDGE Jalyn Holmes

• LB Zaire Barnes

• LB Anthony Hines

• LB Chazz Surratt

• LB Jackson Sirmon

• LB Sam Eguavoen

• LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball

• CB Kendall Sheffield

• CB Shemar Bartholomew

• S Jaylen Key

• S Jarius Monroe

• K Austin Seibert

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NFL practice squad rules:

After the claiming period has ended at Noon CET on Wednesday, Aug. 28, teams are permitted to assemble their 16-man practice squads. Here are the rules on who can be signed to the practice squad.

• Players who do not have an accrued season (I.E. rookies).
  
  
• Players who were on the active roster for fewer than nine regular-season games during their only accrued season(s).
  
  
• Up to four players per team with no more than two accrued seasons.
  
  
• Up to six players per team with no accrued season limitations (I.E. vested veterans).

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Players Jets placed on injured reserve:

The Jets have three players on injured reserve. All could be waived from IR with an injury settlement in the coming weeks.

• WR Malik Taylor 

• WR Marcus Riley 

• LB Jimmy Ciarlo. 

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Players Jets placed on PUP/NFI lists:

The following players are on the active versions of the above lists. That means they count toward the 90-man offseason roster. They can be placed on the reserve versions of the lists during roster cuts.

• QB Jordan Travis
• Leki Fotu
• Kenny Yeboah

Reserve/Did Not Report list:

The following player have left their team or stopped playing NFL football but have yet to submit retirement papers. This player does not count against a team's roster limit or its salary cap unless he reports to the team.

• EDGE Haason Reddick

Jets’ 2024 roster Waived/Released:

• TE Neal Johnson

• S Al Blades Jr
  
  
• CB Tre Swilling
  
  
• RB Xazavian Valladay
  
  
• QB Andrew Peasley
  
  
• QB Adrian Martinez
  
• RB Deon Jackson
  
• WR Tyler Harrell
  
• WR Irvin Charles
  
• WR Isiah Winstead
  
• WR Malik Taylor
  
• WR Lance McCutheon
  
• WR Brandon Smith
  
• TE Zack Kuntz
  
• TE Anthony Firkser
  
• TE Lincoln Sefcik
  
• OT Obinna Eze
  
• OT Austin Deculus
  
• OG Jake Hanson
  
• OG Willie Tyler III
  
• OG Chris Glaser
  
  
• OG Kohl Levao
  
• OG Brady Latham

• DT Tanzel Smart
  
• DT Bruce Hector
  
  
• EDGE Jalyn Holmes
  
• LB Anthony Hines
  
• LB Jackson Sirmon
  
  
• LB Sam Eguavoen
  
  
• LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
  
  
• CB Kendall Sheffield
  
  
• CB Shemar Bartholomew
  
  
• S Jaylen Key
  
  
• S Jarius Monroe
  
  
• K Austin Seibert

Earlier today the Jets also traded DB/KR Brandon Codrington to the Buffalo Bills for a late round pick swap in 2026.