[Preds]

Unfortunately, only 9 of 12 teams have voted on the Dev Squad issue, however 8 of the 9 votes cast in favor of making all 4 changes detaled below. The 1 dissenting vote was in favor of changes 1-3, but not number 4.

Since we we do have a super majority (8/12) already, I see no reason why all 4 changes shouldn't take place, so plan accordingly.

The approved changes to the Development Squad are:

1. Eliminate the 3 year rookie max on the Dev Squad and make it the same 5 year max as on active contracts (Keep in mind, after 3 NFL seasons a player will not be eligible for the Dev Squad, so at that point, if given the max 5 year contract teams would have 2 years of their Dev Squad player on the active roster.

2. Make the Dev Squad a true place for us to develop our rookies by expanding the Dev Squad contract years to 10 effective immediatly this season.

3. Expand the Dev Squad to 4 players in 2003 with 12 Contract Years and a cap of 2750 to further allow room for growth of both this years players and next years.

4. Expand the Dev Squad to it's final size of 5 players in 2004 with 14 Contract Years and a cap of 3500 to further allow room for growth of players