SlowGettingUp
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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They've made changes to this every year.
It's getting so it's even confusing for a fanatical fan.
It was changed during the first Covid season and has remained the same since. Protection is purely to allow for game-planning and knowing that you can rely on a player being there in the short-term. As far as I know, the Pats have never actually protected a player, so it's largely hypothetical.