NEW YORK — Ros­ter cuts were made and prac­tice squads filled out around the NFL dur­ing what’s always a busy week­end on the league’s waiv­er wire.

Sev­er­al famil­iar names and play­ers on ros­ter bub­bles took turns on the unem­ploy­ment line — with some find­ing new jobs.

As teams now turn their focus to prepar­ing for Week 1 after what has been an unusu­al sum­mer because of the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic, coach­es and gen­er­al man­agers are scour­ing the free agents lists with one big question:

Who’s left that could help us?

In a nut­shell, there aren’t as many big-name vet­er­ans on the open mar­ket as there might usu­al­ly be, espe­cial­ly at the quar­ter­back spot. Some of that might be attrib­uted to the fact teams can keep a prac­tice squad of 16 play­ers — up from the usu­al 10 — and as many as six of them could be vets who have accrued any num­ber of sea­sons in the NFL.

Oth­er teams are also play­ing it safe — and prob­a­bly smart — by keep­ing play­ers around at key spots, such as the Jets hav­ing five total QBs (Sam Darnold, Joe Flac­co, David Fales, Mike White and James Mor­gan) com­bined on their active ros­ter and prac­tice squad.

Some of the biggest unsigned free agents through the sum­mer end­ed up final­ly latch­ing on with teams late in camp or even after, such as Jade­veon Clowney (Titans) and Logan Ryan (Giants). Adri­an Peter­son was cut last week by Wash­ing­ton, but quick­ly land­ed in Detroit.

Here’s a look at notable avail­able play­ers at each position:

QUARTERBACKS

Blake Bor­tles, Cody Kessler, DeShone Kiz­er, Trevor Siemi­an, Drew Stanton.

Slim pick­ings here, and that’s not count­ing Col­in Kaeper­nick, who hasn’t played since 2016. Bor­tles is just three years removed from lead­ing Jack­sonville to the AFC cham­pi­onship game, but spent last sea­son with the Los Ange­les Rams as a back­up. Kessler, Kiz­er, Siemi­an and Stan­ton all have pre­vi­ous start­ing expe­ri­ence in the NFL.

RUNNING BACKS

Devon­ta Free­man, Lamar Miller, Isa­iah Crow­ell, Bilal Pow­ell, Theo Riddick.

Free­man had a vis­it with the Jaguars, but left with­out a deal. The 29-year-old Miller was in camp with the Patri­ots, but was cut Sat­ur­day. He was sched­uled to vis­it the Bills.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Anto­nio Brown, Dez Bryant, Mohamed Sanu, Hakeem But­ler, Quin­cy Enun­wa, Chester Rogers, Demary­ius Thomas, Jer­maine Kearse, Ryan Grant, Jor­dan Matthews, Laquon Treadwell.

Brown wants to play again, but was sus­pend­ed the first eight games of the sea­son by the NFL for mul­ti­ple vio­la­tions of the league’s per­son­al-con­duct pol­i­cy. Bryant, also look­ing for a come­back, had a try­out with Bal­ti­more last month. Sanu and But­ler could find jobs over the next few days after being cut over the weekend.

TIGHT ENDS

Delanie Walk­er, Jeff Heuer­man, Ed Dick­son, Charles Clay, Richard Rodgers.

The 36-year-old Walk­er spent much of last sea­son on IR with an ankle injury, but still might pro­vide a team a vet­er­an boost at the position.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Cordy Glenn, Ron Leary, Justin Britt, Jared Veld­heer, Jonot­than Har­ri­son, Don­ald Penn, LaAdri­an Wad­dle, Brent Qvale, Jor­dan Mills, Ted Larsen, J’Marcus Webb.

Lots of vet­er­ans here with plen­ty of start­ing expe­ri­ence all over the O‑line. Any of these play­ers could be on teams’ short lists to bring in because of an injury.

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Mar­cell Dareus, Damon Har­ri­son, Ezekiel Ansah, Jabal Sheard, Cameron Wake, Bran­don Mebane, Ker­ry Wynn, Kyle Love, Doma­ta Peko.

Both Dareus and Har­ri­son have been among the NFL’s top run-stop­ping D‑linemen in recent sea­sons. Ansah has dealt with injuries in recent sea­sons, but is healthy and recent­ly worked out for the 49ers.

LINEBACKERS

Clay Matthews, Alec Ogle­tree, Nigel Brad­ham, Kareem Mar­tin, Todd Davis, Mychal Kendricks, Wes­ley Wood­yard, Dar­ron Lee, Dar­ren Bates, Von­taze Burfict.

The 34-year-old Matthews’ days as a dom­i­nant pass rush­er are behind him, but he still can pro­vide a pres­ence off the edge for a defense need­ing a final piece. Ogle­tree has been a tack­ling machine for most of his career. Brad­ham was cut by the Saints last month a few weeks after sign­ing as a free agent.

CORNERBACKS

Tru­maine John­son, Aqib Tal­ib, Prince Amuka­ma­ra, Tra­mon Williams, Ross Cock­rell, Mor­ris Clai­borne, Coty Sensabaugh. 

John­son was released by the Jets in June after being a mas­sive dis­ap­point­ment after sign­ing a five-year, $72.5 mil­lion con­tract in 2018. Tal­ib has been one of the league’s best, but he’s 34 and spent the last half of last sea­son on IR.

SAFETIES

Earl Thomas, Reshad Jones, Tony Jef­fer­son, Eric Reid, Mor­gan Bur­nett, Antoine Bethea, HaHa Clinton-Dix.

Thomas obvi­ous­ly stands out in this group and his on-field per­for­mance is unques­tioned. But, he punched Bal­ti­more team­mate Chuck Clark dur­ing prac­tice last month and was released by the Ravens a few days lat­er because of the incident.

KICKERS

Stephen Hausch­ka, Adam Vinatieri, Matt Gay, Greg Joseph, Brett Maher.

Hausch­ka was cut by the Bills and his name will sure­ly be linked to any team that has strug­gles with their kick­er ear­ly in the sea­son. Gay’s release by Tam­pa Bay was also a bit unex­pect­ed after a most­ly sol­id year, but the Buc­ca­neers opt­ed to go with Ryan Suc­cop. The 47-year-old Vinatieri still wants to play, but had career lows in field-goal per­cent­age and extra-point per­cent­age before a knee injury end­ed his season.

PUNTERS

Matt Bosh­er, Ryan Allen, Lach­lan Edwards.

Dustin Colquitt was on this list until Mon­day, when he signed with Pitts­burgh fol­low­ing his release by Kansas City after 15 years. Bosh­er had a try­out with the Bills, and Edwards was in camp with them this summer.